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February 2005 - Japan Special Weapons News

  • Japan's Dangerous Attempt at Preemptive Attack under Fire KCNA 28 Feb 2005 -- Japan's recent move to purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles and revise the "law of Self-Defense Forces" under the pretext of intercepting ballistic missiles is not for "defence" but for a preemptive attack and it is a dangerous military move which runs counter to the present constitution prohibiting a war.
  • Japan Strongly Warned against Its Application of Sanctions against DPRK KCNA 28 Feb 2005 -- Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Abe in a recent lecture blustered that "now is the time for Japan to impose economic sanctions upon north Korea," saying "it should apply them against it even this month".
  • KCNA Blasts Japanese Heavyweight's Cry for Economic Sanctions against DPRK KCNA 28 Feb 2005 -- The cry made by Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Abe for applying economic sanctions against north Korea is stirring up public furor nowadays.
  • KOREA NUCLEAR TALKS VOA 26 Feb 2005 -- The United States, Japan and South Korea have urged North Korea to return to six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons program. Washington and its top Asian allies also want China to do more to lure Pyongyang back to the negotiating table.
  • U.S.-JAPAN JOINT SECURITY STATEMENT: CONCERNS OVER AN 'EMERGING CHINA' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 24 Feb 2005
  • S KOREA JAPAN ISLANDS VOA 24 Feb 2005 -- As Japan and South Korea seek closer cooperation on the North Korean nuclear issue, a longstanding territorial dispute is flaring up and causing friction between Tokyo and Seoul.
  • Japan's Plot for Reinvasion of Korea Flailed KCNA 21 Feb 2005 -- The Japanese militarists' efforts to justify the adoption of their new "defense program" and the permission of the exercise of the "right to collective self-defense" under the pretext of "military threat" from the DPRK are nothing but a plot to reinvade Korea in league with the United States.
  • U.S., Japanese Leaders Discuss Security Situation in Asia AFPS 19 Feb 2005 -- The United States and Japan today urged North Korea to return to the Six-Party Talks, and both countries pledged to work more closely to defeat terrorism and ensure peace in Asia.
  • U.S., Japan Urge North Korea to Return to Six-Party Talks Washington File 19 Feb 2005 -- The United States and Japan have called on North Korea to return "expeditiously and without preconditions" to the Six-Party Talks aimed at dismantling its nuclear programs.
  • Rice, Machimura Call on North Korea to Rejoin Talks Washington File 19 Feb 2005 -- The United States and Japan have urged North Korea to return to six-party talks and make a commitment to dismantle all its nuclear programs.
  • US/JAPAN NOKOR VOA 19 Feb 2005 -- Japan and the United States are urging North Korea to return to regional talks over ending its nuclear weapons program. The U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense met with their Japanese counterparts in Washington Saturday, where they also expressed concerns about Taiwan.
  • RICE / TAIWAN / JAPAN VOA 18 Feb 2005 -- Bush administration officials say the United States and Japan share concerns about the security of Taiwan, but that Washington and Tokyo will not be expanding the scope of their mutual security treaty. The comments came on the eve of a Washington meeting of the American and Japanese foreign and defense ministers.
  • NOKOR/MISSILES VOA 15 Feb 2005 -- South Korea and Japan continue to develop their responses to North Korea's decision to pull out of nuclear disarmament talks. Seoul wants high-level military talks with Pyongyang, while Japan is taking steps to ensure it is able to defend itself against a possible missile attack.
  • DPRK Is Not Frightened by Japan's Disgusting Drama KCNA 12 Feb 2005 -- Minju Joson Friday comes out with a commentary hitting at the outcries of the Japanese reactionaries over the "human rights" issue in the DPRK.
  • JAPAN/NOKOR VOA 12 Feb 2005 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichro Koizumi has resisted calls for formal economic sanctions against North Korea, which says it will boycott further six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program. But a new Japanese law that takes effect next month will effectively cut into North Korea's maritime trade with Japan - a significant source for Pyongyang of both cash and consumer goods
  • NORTH KOREA / NEXT STEPS VOA 11 Feb 2005 -- Asian leaders are pondering their next move after North Korea's announcement Thursday it would indefinitely suspend multilateral talks on its nuclear weapons program. The focus remains firmly on peaceful means to resolve the dispute.
  • NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TALKS VOA 10 Feb 2005 -- North Korea says it will not return to multilateral talks on ending its nuclear ambitions and has repeated its earlier assertions that it has already manufactured nuclear weapons. South Korean, Japanese and U.S. officials are pushing Pyongyang to resume talks.
  • JAPAN-NOKOR SOCCER VOA 09 Feb 2005 -- Host Japan, with a late goal (in injury time in the second half), defeated a North Korean team, mainly composed of army players, 2-1 in an Asian (Group B) qualifier for soccer's World Cup. Japanese officials took extraordinary security measures inside and around the stadium amid worries that any clashes between rival supporters could trigger an international incident.
  • JAPAN NOKOR SOCCER VOA 08 Feb 2005 -- Japan and North Korea will clash on a soccer field outside Tokyo on Wednesday evening. Extraordinary security precautions are being taken to avoid an international incident at the World Cup regional qualifying match.
  • Japan Seeks Return Of Islands By Russia RFE/RL 07 Feb 2005 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said today Japan and Russia must resolve a territorial dispute over four islands before the two nations can improve ties.
  • Japan's Plot to Scrap DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration Blasted KCNA 03 Feb 2005 -- The Japanese government is now contemplating a tightened "report and information system on remittance to north Korea and taking out money to it" as part of economic sanctions against the DPRK over the "issue of abductees whose fate remains unknown."



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