Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
April 2004 - Japan Special Weapons News
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- Japan to Send Humanitarian Aid to North Korean Blast Victims VOA News 25 Apr 2004 -- Japan has announced it will send emergency relief to North Korea following a deadly train explosion in the city of Ryongchon.
- JAPAN/MILITARY VOA 21 Apr 2004 -- Japan's military has entered a new era with its dispatch of non-combat troops to Iraq and logistical support for coalition navies in the Persian Gulf region. The expanded role is not without controversy.
- JAPAN/IRAQ HOSTAGES VOA 17 Apr 2004 -- The Japanese government has confirmed that the remaining two Japanese hostages in Iraq have been freed.
- JAPAN / HOSTAGES VOA 16 Apr 2004 -- After the release of three Japanese hostages in Iraq, attention in Japan is now turning to the whereabouts of two additional missing Japanese last seen near Baghdad.
- JAPAN HOSTAGES FREED VOA 15 Apr 2004 -- Three Japanese held hostage in Iraq have been released in Baghdad, but there is still concern about two other Japanese who were reported missing on Thursday.
- JAPAN/IRAQ HOSTAGES VOA 15 Apr 2004 -- Japan's government says it is trying to determine if two more of its citizens have been kidnapped in Iraq.
- Japan`s efforts for release of hostages in Iraq stalled IRNA 12 Apr 2004 -- The Japanese government leaders said Monday they are dealing with a barrage of information concerning the three Japanese nationals taken hostage last week by an armed group in Iraq as the government continues to work on gaining their release.
- JAPAN/IRAQ HOSTAGES VOA 12 Apr 2004 -- Vice President Dick Cheney has promised Japan's prime minister the United States will do all it can to help free three Japanese held hostage in Iraq. Mr. Cheney made the pledge during a meeting in Tokyo.
- JAPAN/IRAQ HOSTAGES VOA 11 Apr 2004 -- Officials in Tokyo are still awaiting word that three Japanese hostages have been freed in Iraq. There had been expectations, expressed by members of Japan's governing coalition, that the three would be freed at mid-day Sunday.
- Iraq: Officials Continue Efforts To Seek Release Of Hostages RFE/RL 10 Apr 2004 -- Officials from several countries are continuing efforts today to secure the release of their citizens held hostage in Iraq.
- Iraq: Hostage Taking Sparks Political Crisis In Japan RFE/RL 09 Apr 2004 -- Japan joined the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq with the provision that its soldiers would carry out a purely humanitarian mission by helping with reconstruction. Now, Tokyo finds itself ever more embroiled in Iraq's violence as a group of militants has taken three of its nationals hostage and threatened to kill them unless all Japanese troops leave the country. The kidnappers have given Tokyo three days to decide what to do.
- ASIA/IRAQ HOSTAGES/REACTION VOA 09 Apr 2004 -- Japan and South Korea are vowing to keep to their troop commitments in Iraq despite kidnappings of their civilians in the war-torn country. The incidents are proving to be a political and public relations challenge for both governments.
- Japan Will Not Withdraw Troops From Iraq RFE/RL 08 Apr 2004 -- The Japanese government has said it will not withdraw troops from Iraq following the kidnapping of three Japanese civilians.
- ASIA / IRAQ HOSTAGES / REACTION VOA 08 Apr 2004 -- Iraqi insurgents have kidnapped three Japanese civilians and are threatening to kill them unless Japan withdraws its troops from Iraq. apan says there is no reason to pull its forces out of Iraq.
- JAPAN/NOKOR TALKS VOA 03 Apr 2004 -- Two Japanese politicians are being criticized at home for going to China for an unauthorized meeting with North Korean officials. The incident came amid Japanese frustration over a lack of movement on the issue of North Korea's past abductions of Japanese citizens.
- JAPAN/US NAVY VOA 02 Apr 2004 -- A suggestion by a U-S admiral that a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier might be based in Japan starting in 2008 is generating objections from some quarters in the country.
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