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August 2004 - Japan Special Weapons News

  • JAPAN/ SOKOR/NUKE TALKS VOA 27 Aug 2004 -- Diplomatic activity is increasing in Asian capitals, ahead of an anticipated fourth round of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons development. This comes after North Korea again threatened not to attend the meetings.
  • JAPAN/UN VOA 24 Aug 2004 -- Japan is about to step up its campaign to win a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
  • NOKOR/JAPAN/TALKS VOA 12 Aug 2004 -- Talks between Japanese and North Korean diplomats have ended in Beijing, apparently without a resolution to the issue of Japanese kidnap victims. The issue is crucial to establishing diplomatic ties between the two countries.
  • NOKOR JAPAN TALKS VOA 11 Aug 2004 -- Japanese and North Korean officials are meeting in Beijing, hoping to remove stumbling blocks toward establishing diplomatic ties
  • JAPAN/ NUCLEAR ACCIDENT VOA 10 Aug 2004 -- Police in Japan have begun investigating Monday's nuclear power plant accident, which killed four workers. The Japanese government has ordered all power companies to inspect pipes in nuclear plants for possible faults.
  • Spokesman for DPRK FM Blasts "Joint Naval Exercise" to Be Hosted by Japan KCNA 09 Aug 2004 -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry Saturday answered a question put by KCNA as regards the fact that the United States has instigated Japan to stage a "joint naval exercise" against the DPRK.
  • JAPAN/NUCLEAR ACCIDENT VOA 08 Aug 2004 -- Four workers are dead and seven others injured in an accident at a nuclear power plant in western Japan. Officials are calling it the country's worst accident at a working nuclear reactor.
  • JAPAN/NUCLEAR BOMB VOA 05 Aug 2004 -- During the ceremony marking the 59th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the Japanese city's mayor used his annual Peace Declaration to take a swipe at the United States.



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