Japan tightens sanctions squeeze on North Korea
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Japan's cabinet approved new financial   sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday, cranking up pressure   on the reclusive communist state to return to six-country talks   on ending its nuclear program.
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BEIJING (Kyodo) Japan lodged a protest Saturday with North Korea over Pyongyang&#39;s investigations into 10 Japanese citizens whom Tokyo maintains were abducted, and handed over its report concluding that materials provided by the North do not support its
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TOKYO In a once-a-decade defense review, Japan adopted plans on Friday to shift its military focus away from the northern cold war threat of invasion from Russia to guarding against missiles from North Korea or Chinese incursions on Japan&#39;s southernmost
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JAPAN took another step away from its post-World War II pacifism yesterday by ending its decades-old ban on military exports and telling defence planners to regard China and North Korea as threats.
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Japan adopted new defense guidelines Friday, including the relaxation of an arms-export ban that will facilitate missile security with Washington, another sign of Tokyo&#39;s
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Japan is considering aid for North Korea, its first since 2004 when it halted shipments over the abduction issue.
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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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Tokyo needs to bolster its missile defence to counter the threat from North Korea, Japan's defence ministry says.
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North Korea on Sunday accused Japan of using anti-terrorism moves as an excuse for militarism which put the Korean peninsula at risk of invasion.
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While the U.S. and others focus on North Korea's nuclear weapons, Japan is worried that the issue of North Korea's abduction of its citizens is falling by the wayside
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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 &quot;harsh&quot; action unless the reclusive communist state responded &quot;sincerely&quot;.
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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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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 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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South Korea on Wednesday urged Japan to carefully consider possible negative effects on the North Korean nuclear talks before imposing economic sanctions on Pyongyang for its kidnapping of Japanese citizens.
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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 has approved an overhaul of its military policy to take account of threats from China and North Korea and to allow defense exports to the United States.