Identifier
Created
Classification
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06TOKYO1424
2006-03-17 05:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION DPRK ABDUCTIONS - TOKYO
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UNCLAS TOKYO 001424
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION DPRK ABDUCTIONS - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged the
National Security report announced Thursday by President
Bush, which the president said shows that Iran poses the
biggest challenge for the US.
UNCLAS TOKYO 001424
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION DPRK ABDUCTIONS - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged the
National Security report announced Thursday by President
Bush, which the president said shows that Iran poses the
biggest challenge for the US.
1. "Strengthening Solidarity Against DPRK Abductions" The
conservative Sankei editorialized (3/17): "Ambassador
Schieffer visited Niigata Prefecture Thursday and
inspected the location where North Korean agents
kidnapped Megumi Yokota in 1977. This was an expression
of strong will on the part of the US not to allow North
Korea's kidnappings to go unchallenged.... Megumi's
mother Sakie Yokota and others are scheduled to appear in
the US House of Representatives in late April, making
this the first time for family members of the abductees
to testify before Congress, although they have spoken at
the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva.... Tokyo
needs persistent diplomatic efforts to urge Beijing and
Seoul, both of which are taking a conciliatory position
toward Pyongyang, to join with Japan and Western
countries to resolve the abduction issue."
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION DPRK ABDUCTIONS - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged the
National Security report announced Thursday by President
Bush, which the president said shows that Iran poses the
biggest challenge for the US.
1. "Strengthening Solidarity Against DPRK Abductions" The
conservative Sankei editorialized (3/17): "Ambassador
Schieffer visited Niigata Prefecture Thursday and
inspected the location where North Korean agents
kidnapped Megumi Yokota in 1977. This was an expression
of strong will on the part of the US not to allow North
Korea's kidnappings to go unchallenged.... Megumi's
mother Sakie Yokota and others are scheduled to appear in
the US House of Representatives in late April, making
this the first time for family members of the abductees
to testify before Congress, although they have spoken at
the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva.... Tokyo
needs persistent diplomatic efforts to urge Beijing and
Seoul, both of which are taking a conciliatory position
toward Pyongyang, to join with Japan and Western
countries to resolve the abduction issue."
SCHIEFFER