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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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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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 warned North Korea on Sunday of "a   harsh response" from Tokyo and Washington if it went ahead with   the launch of a long-range missile.
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Reports out of Japan claim that there are activities in North Korea implying that the country may be preparing to launch one of its ballistic missiles.
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Japan has called on a divided UN Security Council to impose tough sanctions on North Korea if it tests an atom bomb as Russia said it was trying to convince Pyongyang not to carry out its threat.
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Japan's cabinet has approved additional   financial sanctions against North Korea, to put further   pressure on Pyongyang to return to six-party talks aimed at   dismantling its nuclear program.
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South Korea's president warns against confronting North Korea, as pressure builds in Japan for sanctions.
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U.N. Security Council members  reached broad agreement on Thursday on a Japanese-drafted  statement that warns North Korea of unspecified consequences if  it conducts a nuclear test.
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Japan has warned North Korea it would view any test-fired missile landing on Japanese soil as an attack, after reports the secretive nation was preparing to jangle international nerves with a new missile launch.
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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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Japan has brushed off a North Korean statement saying it would consider sanctions imposed by Tokyo &quot;a declaration of war,&quot; and renewed calls for penalties on the North for failing to account fully for Japanese citizens it abducted decades ago.
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Japan and Australia on Tuesday slapped fresh economic sanctions on North Korea, triggering protests from China that the move would worsen the standoff over Pyongyang's weapons programs.
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Japan's Cabinet approved a new set of financial sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday in response to the communist nation's missile tests in July, Kyodo News agency reported.
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Japan on Tuesday warned it would consider 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 would consider any decision by Japan to impose economic sanctions as a ``declaration of war,&#39;&#39; the communist nation&#39;s Foreign Ministry said.
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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.