Japan-North Korea Relations

What's New:

• North Korean Nuclear Issue (August 2009)
  • Visit to Japan by H.E. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, U.S. State Department Coordinator for Implementation of U.N. Sanctions Against North Korea (August 19, 2009)
  • Japan-UK Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (June 27, 2009)
  • Japan-Italy Foreign Ministers' Meeting (Outline) (June 25, 2009)
  • Comment by Prime Minister Taro Aso on the adoption of a United Nations Security Council resolution concerning the nuclear test by North Korea (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Website) (June 13, 2009)
  • Statement by Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone on the Adoption of a Resolution by the United Nations Security Council concerning the Nuclear Test conducted by North Korea (June 13, 2009)
    • Resolution 1874 (2009) Adopted by the Security Council (S/RES/1874 (2009)) on 12 June 2009 [English (PDF)] [Japanese]
  • Statement by H.E. Ambassador Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, at the Meeting of the Security Council on Non-proliferation/DPRK (June 12, 2009)
    • SECURITY COUNCIL, ACTING UNANIMOUSLY, CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST TERMS DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA NUCLEAR TEST, TOUGHENS SANCTIONS (United Nations Security Council Website (Press Release)) (June 12, 2009)
  • STATEMENT OF THE ASEM 9TH FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING on the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK on May 25, 2009 (May 26, 2009)
  • Statement by Prime Minister Taro Aso (Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet Official Website) (May 25, 2009)
  • Japan Protests Against North Korea's Nuclear Test Announcement (May 25, 2009)
• Launch of the Missile by North Korea (July 2009)
  • Japan Protests Against North Korea's Ballistic Missile Launches (July 4, 2009)

• Abductions of Japanese Citizens by North Korea (Pamphlet)
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