Pyongyang Says Japanese Sanctions Would Amount to &#39;War&#39;
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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
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Japan will ask North Korea to relaunch probes into the fate of Japanese citizens it abducted after false evidence presented earlier led to calls for sanctions against the communist state, reports said.
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North Korea said Monday the danger of war on the Korean peninsula is &quot;snowballing&quot; and accused the United States of destroying the basis for negotiations on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear program.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on Thursday economic sanctions against North Korea were &quot;one option,&quot; but added that care was needed in deciding whether Tokyo should take such a step immediately.
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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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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 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 on Tuesday warned it might 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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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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North Korea has accused the United States of threatening war by carrying out a test of its missile defense system and conducting joint military exercises with the South.
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North Korea threatened on Saturday to double the size of its nuclear deterrent if the United States did not drop what Pyongyang sees as a confrontational policy aimed at unseating the communist leadership there.
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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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Pyongyang demanded the lifting of U.N. sanctions and threatened to increase its nuclear deterrent.
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Outspoken Japanese hawk Shinzo Abe has announced fresh sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests, a day before he is expected to win a vote to become prime minister.
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Japan&#39;s foreign minister said Thursday his country would likely slap sanctions on North Korea to punish it for neglecting Tokyo&#39;s request for a thorough investigation into Japanese kidnapping victims.