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December 2004 - Japan Special Weapons News

  • Japan Demands Russia Return All Disputed Islands RFE/RL 24 Dec 2004 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today reiterated that Russia must return all four disputed Pacific islands seized in 1945 at the end of World War II.
  • JAPAN-NOKOR ABDUCTIONS VOA 24 Dec 2004 -- Japan has sternly demanded that North Korea come clean on the fate of missing Japanese it abducted years ago or face retaliation, possibly economic sanctions. North Korea has previously stated that it would consider sanctions tantamount to a declaration of war.
  • JAPAN-SOKOR SUMMIT VOA 17 Dec 2004 -- The leaders of Japan and South Korea say they will continue working together to revive stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.
  • JAPAN-NOKOR VOA 16 Dec 2004 -- Japan says North Korea has rejected scientific findings concerning human remains Pyongyang recently handed over. This response comes as the Japanese foreign minister says that economic sanctions could be imposed against North Korea if the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea is not resolved.
  • CHINA TAIWAN JAPAN VOA 16 Dec 2004 -- China has condemned Tokyo's decision to allow the former president of Taiwan to visit Japan. The conflict comes during a period of heightened tensions between China and Japan.
  • JAPAN-NOKOR SANCTIONS VOA 14 Dec 2004 -- North Korea has warned Japan that any sanctions against the communist state would be regarded as a declaration of war. Opinion polls show about two-thirds of the Japanese public supporting economic sanctions over the issue of Japanese kidnapped by North Korea during the Cold War.
  • JAPAN/DEFENSE VOA 10 Dec 2004 -- Japan has taken another step towards freeing itself from military restrictions in place since the end of World War Two. The changes are a significant retreat from the pacifist policies that have kept the role of Japan's Self-Defense Forces limited in scope.
  • JAPAN/NOKOR ABDUCTEES VOA 08 Dec 2004 -- Japan is lodging a protest with North Korea after forensic tests confirmed that what Pyongyang said were the remains of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korean agents are actually those of someone else.



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