Analysts say the essf directors are putting pressure on them ahead of the referendum this sunday. North korea an officials have disappointed people across japan. Theyve spent the last year investigating their countrys abductions of japanese nationals, but now theyve put off releasing their findings. Nhk world has more. Translator its very regrettable that north korea is putting off the results of its investigation. Ive told the foreign minister fumio yukishida and abduction minister to further press pyongyang to swiftly act with the return of japanese abductees. Reporter north korean officials pledged their fullscale cooperation during negotiations with japan in may of last year. In pyongyang set up a special committee to oversee the probe. Japan temporary lifted sanctions against the country. Japanese officials expected the north to report preliminary results within a couple of months, but that never happened. At the end of october, a Senior Foreign Ministry official visited pyongyang
Analysts say the essf directors are putting pressure on them ahead of the referendum this sunday. North korea an officials have disappointed people across japan. Theyve spent the last year investigating their countrys abductions of japanese nationals, but now theyve put off releasing their findings. Nhk world has more. Translator its very regrettable that north korea is putting off the results of its investigation. Ive told the foreign minister fumio yukishida and abduction minister to further press pyongyang to swiftly act with the return of japanese abductees. Reporter north korean officials pledged their fullscale cooperation during negotiations with japan in may of last year. About one month later, officials in pyongyang set up a special committee to oversee the probe. Japan temporary lifted sanctions against the country. Japanese officials expected the north to report preliminary results within a couple of months, but that never happened. At the end of october, a Senior Foreign Mi
Former toyota executive julie hamp for drug smuggling. And a legacy in the battle of okinawa. The son of an army officer retraces his fathers steps 70 years later. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe is facing resistance in his bid to broaden the role of the selfdefense forces. Hes been trying to push through security bills for collective selfdefense. But two opposition parties have drafted their own bill in an effort to block that move. Leaders of the Democratic Party and Japan Innovation Party submitted their bill wednesday to the lower house. It proposes an alternative to the government plan for responding to socalled gray zone situations. The term refers to infringements of sovereignty that did not amount to armed attacks. The two leaders agreed to collaborate to prevent next weeks votes on the government bill. Translator its important that opposition parties team up to debate the bill thoroughly. Translator it is very inconsiderate if parties submit similar bills separately. We sho
Slow progress. Were making progress. Its painfully slow as youve observed over the last week. But we are making progress. There are still some issues that have to be resolved. One Sticking Point is whether the iranians would allow inspections of military sites where theyre suspected of developing nuclear weapons. Another is whether the u. N. Security council will lift a ban on sales of weapons to iran. The negotiators are due to gather later saturday. India and pakistan are taking full membership of the shanghai cooperation organization. The group consists of russia china and four countries in central asia. Leaders gathered with those of five observer states including india, pakistan and mongolia. They agreed to start procedures to promote the indians and pakistanis. They also signed a statement for chinas plan to develop an economic belt along the silk road and remarked on the victories that their countries won 70 years ago in world war ii. Russian president Vladimir Putin said he wil
Phillip hammond has admitted slow progress. Were making progress. Its painfully slow as youve observed over the last week. But we are making progress. There are still some issues that have to be resolved. One Sticking Point is whether the iranians would allow inspections of military sites where theyre suspected of developing nuclear weapons. Another is whether the u. N. Security council will lift a ban on sales of weapons to iran. The negotiators are due to gather later saturday. India and pakistan are taking full membership of the shanghai cooperation organization. The group consists of russia china and four countries in central asia. Leaders gathered with those of five observer states including india, pakistan and mongolia. They agreed to start procedures to promote the indians and pakistanis. They also signed a statement for chinas plan to develop an economic belt along the silk road and remarked on the victories that their countries won 70 years ago in world war ii. Russian preside