N.Korea: Japan Sanctions Would Be War Declaration
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North Korea warned Japan on Wednesday  that it would treat economic sanctions as a "declaration of  war" and threatened to try to exclude Tokyo from six-party  talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms programs.
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North Korea says it will treat as a "war declaration" any sanctions imposed by Japan in a kidnapping row.
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Japan warned on Sunday that it would consider &quot;all options&quot; against North Korea, including sanctions on oil and food sales, if the reclusive communist country goes ahead with a test launch of a long-range missile.
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Reclusive North Korea said on Tuesday it would conduct its first-ever nuclear test, blaming a U.S. "threat of nuclear war and sanctions" for forcing its hand.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on Thursday economic sanctions against North Korea were "one option," but added that care was needed in deciding whether Tokyo should take such a step immediately.
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Japan insisted Friday on a U.N. Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against North Korea for its recent missile tests as diplomats scrambled to unify competing proposals.
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North Korea lashed out Tuesday after the start of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, saying they nullified the armistice in the 1950-53 Korean War and warning that it may take retaliatory action.
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Japan urged North Korea on Wednesday to comply with its international obligations amid reports the two countries had canceled an afternoon session of talks to establish diplomatic relations
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made the pledge after talks with visiting South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun. The Japanese government is under pressure to impose sanctions over a row concerning kidnapped Japanese.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka  Machimura said on Thursday economic sanctions against North  Korea were "one option" but that care was needed in deciding if  Tokyo should take such a step immediately.
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Japan backed off its plan to push for a   vote on North Korean sanctions at the U.N. Security Council on   Monday in the face of continued efforts by regional powers to   resolve a missile crisis through direct diplomacy.
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North Korea on Friday will ask the United Nations to take up its complaint over what it calls a "fascist search" of a pro-North Korean group in Tokyo, a Japanese diplomat said.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North is preparing a missile test.
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Japan on Tuesday warned it might impose sanctions against North Korea after accusing the communist country of failing to properly investigate the fates of Japanese citizens it kidnapped years ago.
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North Korea said on Tuesday it would conduct its first nuclear test, prompting the United States, France and Japan to urge the U.N. Security Council to respond to what Washington called "an unacceptable threat" to world peace.
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Japan circulated a new draft Security Council resolution Friday that retains the threat of sanctions against North Korea, ignoring Chinese and Russian fears of inflaming tensions with the isolated communist nation.
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Japan said on Friday it would urge North  Korea to reinvestigate the fate of Japanese citizens abducted  decades ago, and threatened to take "harsh" action unless the  reclusive communist state responded "sincerely."