Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
November 2004 - Japan Special Weapons News
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- Russia: Moscow Hints At Effort To Resolve Dispute With Japan Over Kurile Islands RFE/RL 16 Nov 2004 -- Could the long-running dispute between Japan and Russia over the four southern Kurile Islands be edging toward a resolution? Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin both recently announced that Moscow recognizes a 1956 declaration under which Moscow agreed to return two of the islands to Japan -- an indication it may be willing to reopen talks on the issue. But so far, the reaction from Tokyo has not been enthusiastic.
- Government Delegation of Japan Flies Back KCNA 16 Nov 2004 -- A government delegation of Japan led by Mitoji Yabunaka, chief of the Asia and Oceania Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, flew back today after participating in the inter-governmental working-level contact between the DPRK and Japan.
- JAPAN/SUBMARINE VOA 16 Nov 2004 -- Japan says China has apologized for one of its submarines sailing into Japanese waters last week. China has refused to confirm the apology, saying only that a "diplomatic" resolution has been reached.
- JAPAN ABDUCTESS / NOKOR VOA 15 Nov 2004 -- A delegation of Japanese Foreign Ministry and police agency officials has returned home after an extended fact-finding mission in the North Korean capital.The group was looking for information on Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean spies in the 1970s and 80s.
- JAPAN/CHINA SUBMARINE VOA 14 Nov 2004 -- Japan is still waiting for a response from Beijing concerning an alleged intrusion last week by a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine into Japanese waters.
- JAPAN / CHINA SUBMARINE VOA 12 Nov 2004 -- Japan says it will file a protest with the Chinese government after one of its submarines intruded into Japanese territorial waters.
- Suspected Chinese nuclear sub enters Japanese waters IRNA 10 Nov 2004 -- An unidentified submarine entered Japanese waters Wednesday for about two hours from around 6 a.m., Japan`s Defense Agency officials said, with agency sources adding that the vessel is suspected of being a Chinese nuclear sub.
- JAPAN / SUBMARINE INTRUDER VOA 10 Nov 2004 -- Japan put its naval forces on alert Wednesday after the government said an unidentified submarine had intruded into southern Japanese waters, near Okinawa.
- JAPAN/NOKOR TALKS VOA 09 Nov 2004 -- Japan and North Korea are holding talks in Pyongyang about the fate of Japanese who were kidnapped by agents of the communist state.
- JAPAN DEFENSE / WMD VOA 07 Nov 2004 -- Japan's prime minister (Sunday) has vowed to make the country's defense forces better able to fight terrorism and any attackers who would use weapons of mass destruction.
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