Japanese Policy: Six-Party Talks

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JAPANESE POLICY

SIX-PARTY TALKS
United States of America-Republic of Korea-Japan &
The Russian Federation-People’s Republic of China-Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea
|Ampuan | Ching | Dinaque | Espiritu | Gacita | Laxa | Ongkeko | Zuleta |
NUCLEAR PROBLEM
Hiroshima bombing
August 6, 1945
NUCLEAR PROBLEM

Nagasaki bombing
August 9, 1945
MISSILE PROBLEM
Missiles that could reach Japan's population centers or U.S. military bases
there. 
ABDUCTION ISSUE

1970s and 1980s abductions of Japanese citizens by


North Korean spies.
POLICY
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Policy
Three pillars of Japan’s security policy
» Japan-US Security Arrangement
» Minimum level of Japan’s Self Defense Forces (SDF)
» Diplomatic efforts to secure peace and stability of the
international environment surrounding Japan
NATIONAL INTERESTS

Solution for the nuclear problem, the missile problem, and the
abduction issue.
POSITION
Diplomatic isolation

“Obstructionist”
Japanese economic aid is regarded as a key
component of a comprehensive agreement.
Six Party Talks In Beijing
BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 13: (L-R) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev, Director General of Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs
Bureau Kenichiro Sasae, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill, North Korea's Vice
Foreign Minister Kim Gye Gwan and South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon join hands before the start of a banquet meeting for the six-party nuclear talks on
September 13
References
• http://www.cfr.org/proliferation/six-party-talks-north-koreas-nuclear-
program/p13593
• http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/n_korea/6party0308.html
• http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870458480457564412185490607
4.html
• http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1695277,00.html
• http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/201271.html
• http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200209/18/eng20020918_103427.shtml
• http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22845.pdf
• http://www.japanfocus.org/-Maaike-Okano_Heijmans/2929

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