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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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka  Machimura said on Sunday North Korea should realize that time  was running out before Japan and the international community  would begin discussing slapping it with economic sanctions.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North has been preparing a missile test. US and South Korean intelligence has picked up signs a test may be planned, though Japan&#39;s Prime
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Japan kept up the pressure on North Korea over its nuclear weapons and missiles and expressed concern about the lack of transparency on China's burgeoning military spending in a government defense paper published on Friday.
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North Korea threatened yesterday to turn Japan into a &quot;nuclear sea of fire&quot; if it comes under attack from the United States.
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South Korea's president warns against confronting North Korea, as pressure builds in Japan for sanctions.
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TOKYO Japan said Thursday that it had obtained intelligence indicating that North Korea might be preparing to test-fire a short-range missile that could reach most of the main Japanese islands, in what would be the latest provocation from the Communist
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Japan threatened retaliation against North Korea such as cutting off economic ties unless the communist state returned Japanese people it has kidnapped or gave a "sincere response" on their fate.
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SEOUL - North Korea warned on Wednesday that it would regard any sanctions imposed on it by Japan as a declaration of war and would hit back with an âeffective physicalâ response.
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Japan said Monday it was considering whether a pre-emptive strike on the North&#039;s missile bases would violate its constitution, suggesting it could take stronger action against the reclusive regime if the U.N. Security Council rejects its resolution calling for sanctions.
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Japan has urged the United Nations not to back down over North Korea&#039;s missile tests just because of strong opposition from China to a draft resolution that could lead to sanctions.
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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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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 pressed on with efforts on Thursday to secure a U.N. condemnation of North Korea's nuclear test threat after Washington, in its starkest warning so far, said it would not live with a nuclear-armed Pyongyang.
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SEOUL: South Korea cautioned Japan against imposing sanctions on North Korea saying the step could complicate efforts to end the impasse over the communist country&#39;s nuclear weapons drive.
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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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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.