Japan warns of &#39;serious action&#39; against N Korea over kidnap row
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TOKYO : Japan has accused North Korea of presenting false evidence over the fate of victims it kidnapped more than two decades ago.
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Japan expressed "serious concern" to  North Korea on Saturday about its reported plan to test-fire a  ballistic missile but the Koreans did not respond, the head of  Japan's delegation at talks in Beijing was quoted as saying.
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Japan will make a &quot;strong protest&quot; to North Korea after the communist state fabricated all its evidence about the fate of Japanese whom it kidnapped during the Cold War, victims&#39; relatives said yesterday.
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Pyongyang says it wants Japan to return the human remains at the centre of a row over a missing woman.
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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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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'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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TOYKO, Japan -- North Korea has warned Japan that it would treat economic sanctions against the nation as a &quot;declaration of war&quot; as a row brews over the remains of abductees.
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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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Japan will seek an explanation at weekend talks with North Korea on activity indicating Pyongyang may be preparing a missile test, although Tokyo does not think a launch is imminent, Japan&#39;s top government spokesman said.
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Japan will respond ``severely&#39;&#39; to North Korea&#39;s failure to provide evidence there are no more Japanese abductees left alive in that country, said Hiroyuki Hosoda, Japan&#39;s chief government spokesman.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made the pledge after talks with visiting South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun. The Japanese government is under pressure to impose sanctions over a row concerning kidnapped Japanese.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level  alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power  plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may  carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on  Saturday, citing government sources.
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North Korea on Friday will ask the United Nations to take up its complaint over what it calls a "fascist search" of a pro-North Korean group in Tokyo, a Japanese diplomat said.
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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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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought on Sunday to contain fallout from his remarks about women forced to act as wartime sex slaves for Japanese soldiers as the furor threatened to cloud summits with Chinese and U.S. leaders.
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World powers are set to adopt a joint statement urging North Korea to abandon plans to test a nuclear device, which Japan said could happen as early as this weekend.