Will give a special committee the power to launch an effective investigation into the nation. His government will lift sanctions that include restrictions on travel port calls by ships and tight regulations on money transfers. Officials from japan and north korea met in may in stockholm to form the framework of an agreement. North korean leaders have been weighed down by International Sanctions for years as punishment for their Nuclear Missile tests but the impositionings by japan were much tougher. Reporter the u. N. Security Council Adopted a be resolution immediately after north korea conducted a nuclear test in 2006. It called on Member States to freeze goods that could lead to weapons of mass destruction. Japan imposed individual sanctions. They banned all imports and exports from the north. North koreans are no longer allowed to enter japan except for people carrying special permits. North korean residents living in japan can still travel between the two countries but japanese of
Translator weve come to understand that north korea will set up an Investigative Panel that can make decisions with the National Defense commission at the forefront. In return, japan will ease restrictions on travel and on financial payments sent to north korea. And it will allow north korean ships into japanese ports for humanitarian purposes. Chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga says leaders in pyongyang promise to report back in the next few months. Japanese officials will set up direct channels of communication, including a telephone and fax line. They say in the past, north korean authorities have not been honest about what happened to the abductees and they want to monitor the progress of the investigation. Many other japanese share those concerns. They want to know how far the North Koreans are prepared to go. Representatives of the National Defense commission and the secret police will sit on the panel. Investigators will be divided into four groups, each of which will cover
Nuclear plant to meet stricter government requirements is now a step closer to going back online. The leaders of japan and china are likely to meet oneonone early next week. Government officials from both nations have agreed to arrange their meeting on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Cooperation Forum in beijing. It would be the First Official summit between the two countries since may 2012. Prime minister shinzo abe has been seeking a meeting with chinese president xi jinping. And hes been laying down the groundwork for the talks. He sent a senior Government Official to china this week for coordination. The head of National Security secretariat met with the Chinese State counselor. Japanese officials want to hold the summit without any conditions. But the chinese counterpart said japan should first recognize theres an issue of sovereignty over islands in the east china sea. Japan controls the senkaku islands. China and taiwan claim them. The japanese government maintains the islands
Makers are trying to win them back. A militant group in has released a beheading of a frenchman. They complain claim to be affiliated with the Islamic State and they demanded the air strikes be stopped. The footage released on monday shows the man being forced to kneel in front of four masked men and then held down and murdered. Group members warned they would kill the man unless French Forces stopped attacking Islamic State militants. The countrys president , Francois Hollande says he acknowledges the murder. Translator a french citizen was unfairly killed by a militant group that is allied with the Islamic State. The International Community must come together and must fight against terrorism. Hollande has condemned the Algerian Group and pledged to continue fighting extremists including carrying out air strikes in iraq. World leaders at the u. N. General assembly in new york have turned their attention to Islamic State in iraq and syria. U. S. President barack obama led a major debat
S arch the deadline that was issued, in fact to the jor danian pilot the jordanian government is awaiting pilots that its still alive and now this news which has come as a great shock. There have been diplomatic words from both sides, both jordan and japan on this that they were working together but its been clear from the outset from when jordan four days ago was referring to the prisoner swap that there was a situation there, where there was no mention of it whatsoever. Of course, that made japan bring in all of its diplomatic might into discussing the issue with the jordanians and there has been some suggestion that they were working together, but they had conflicting interests from the very outset and so now once again, we see a grotesque video. I have seen it. Its only right that we are not showing in line with our policy and the message which is scrolled in arabic beneath the hooded man with a knife, with goto on his knees wearing orange has been the case throughout with all of t