US, Japan call for tough G8 line on North Korea
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The United States and Japan on Wednesday called on G8 partners to take a tough line against North Korea&#39;s nuclear arsenal, warning their patience with the reclusive state is running out.
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Japan's prime minister called on North Korea Monday to quickly resume negotiations on ending its nuclear weapons program, as support grew for Japan to take a tougher line against the communist country.
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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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BEIJING (Kyodo) Japan pressed North Korea on Sunday to provide fuller accounts of 10 Japanese who Tokyo says were abducted by Pyongyang agents, but the North did not provide new information as they wrapped up two days of talks, Japan&#39;s chief delegate said
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Secretary of State Colin Powell sought  South Korea's support on Tuesday for a U.S. hard line on  Pyongyang's nuclear programs as Seoul stepped up security along  its border with North Korea due to a suspected infiltration.
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December 18, 2004 ã¡ KAGOSHIMA, Japan â At a press conference here after a summit meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, President Roh Moo-hyun said that South Korea would not oppose Tokyo taking punitive economic measures against
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Secretary of State Colin Powell sought  South Korea's support on Tuesday for a U.S. hard line on North  Korea after China said Washington must be more flexible to  entice the reclusive state back to nuclear arms talks.
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European foreign ministers Tuesday tried to forge a common approach with Asian nations to the Iranian and North Korean nuclear crises and the Darfur conflict ahead of next week&#39;s G8 summit.
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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."
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The United States and Japan agreed Friday to strengthen cooperation on missile defense amid concerns of a possible long-range rocket launch by North Korea.
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IBUSUKI, Japan  - Leaders of Japan and South Korea  jointly urged North Korea on Friday to return to talks aimed at  ending its nuclear weapons program and agreed imposing economic  sanctions now on Pyongyang would thwart such efforts.
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Japan will push for a year after 1990 to be used as the reference point for greenhouse emission cuts in a post-Kyoto deal as chair of the G8 summit in July, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Saturday.
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Over Chinese and Russian objections, Japan introduced a draft Security Council resolution Friday that would impose sanctions on North Korea for its series of rocket test-launches and also order a halt to its development of ballistic missiles.
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Preparing to depart for visits to Japan, China, and Korea, US Secretary of State Colin Powell pledged that the Bush administration will continue its multilateral effort to solve the North Korea nuclear problem, even as John Kerry sharply attacked the Bush
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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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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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US Secretary of State Colin Powell sought Japan's input on resolving the North Korean nuclear impasse after rejecting Pyongyang's demands to resume stalled talks on resolving the deadlock.