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09TOKYO1674
2009-07-24 03:34:00
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Embassy Tokyo
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TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
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UNCLAS TOKYO 001674
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: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
UNCLAS TOKYO 001674
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: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
1. LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front-paged
arrangements being made between the U.S. and Japan for President
Obama to visit Japan in mid-November.
2. "Do Not Overlook Signs from U.S." On recent remarks by DOS
officials, including Secretary of State Clinton and Assistant
Secretary of State Campbell, that Washington may offer an
'attractive comprehensive package' to Pyongyang in return for its
complete denuclearization, the liberal Asahi editorialized (6/24):
"This message from the U.S. administration presents an opportunity
to achieve a breakthrough in the ongoing impasse in the Six-Party
Talks. To prevent the current crisis, in which North Korea is
recklessly pursuing nuclear development, from further deepening, any
opportunity to jumpstart negotiations on North Korean problems must
be seized.... We would like to see China playing a greater role in
order to help the U.S. and North Korea find a chance for
full-fledged negotiations in the future. Improvements in North
Korea's ties with the U.S. hold the key to a smooth power
transition. North Korea should not overlook this opportunity."
3. "North Korea Has No Friends" The conservative Sankei insisted in
an editorial (7/24): "Myanmar's government, which is apparently
involved in military cooperation with North Korea, promised the U.S.
it would enforce UN sanctions on North Korea. It has become clear,
as Secretary of State Clinton stated, that 'North Korea has no
friends left.' There is no other option for North Korea but to
comply with UN resolutions and swiftly return to the Six-Party Talks
in order to extricate itself from international isolation. The DPRK
leadership should correct its attitude with that in mind."
4. "North Korea's Hard-line Stance Continues" On the recent AESEAN
Regional Forum (ARF) meeting in Phuket, Thailand, in which the North
Korean nuclear issue was one of the high agenda items, the
business-oriented Nikkei wrote (7/24): "North Korea's hard-line
position has remained unchanged and the U.S. is ratcheting up the
pressure on it. With the U.S., Japan, and South Korea having failed
to convene 'five-party talks' on the margins, the ARF meeting left
the impression that the road toward preventing a crisis is becoming
even rougher."
ZUMWALT
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: TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
1. LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers front-paged
arrangements being made between the U.S. and Japan for President
Obama to visit Japan in mid-November.
2. "Do Not Overlook Signs from U.S." On recent remarks by DOS
officials, including Secretary of State Clinton and Assistant
Secretary of State Campbell, that Washington may offer an
'attractive comprehensive package' to Pyongyang in return for its
complete denuclearization, the liberal Asahi editorialized (6/24):
"This message from the U.S. administration presents an opportunity
to achieve a breakthrough in the ongoing impasse in the Six-Party
Talks. To prevent the current crisis, in which North Korea is
recklessly pursuing nuclear development, from further deepening, any
opportunity to jumpstart negotiations on North Korean problems must
be seized.... We would like to see China playing a greater role in
order to help the U.S. and North Korea find a chance for
full-fledged negotiations in the future. Improvements in North
Korea's ties with the U.S. hold the key to a smooth power
transition. North Korea should not overlook this opportunity."
3. "North Korea Has No Friends" The conservative Sankei insisted in
an editorial (7/24): "Myanmar's government, which is apparently
involved in military cooperation with North Korea, promised the U.S.
it would enforce UN sanctions on North Korea. It has become clear,
as Secretary of State Clinton stated, that 'North Korea has no
friends left.' There is no other option for North Korea but to
comply with UN resolutions and swiftly return to the Six-Party Talks
in order to extricate itself from international isolation. The DPRK
leadership should correct its attitude with that in mind."
4. "North Korea's Hard-line Stance Continues" On the recent AESEAN
Regional Forum (ARF) meeting in Phuket, Thailand, in which the North
Korean nuclear issue was one of the high agenda items, the
business-oriented Nikkei wrote (7/24): "North Korea's hard-line
position has remained unchanged and the U.S. is ratcheting up the
pressure on it. With the U.S., Japan, and South Korea having failed
to convene 'five-party talks' on the margins, the ARF meeting left
the impression that the road toward preventing a crisis is becoming
even rougher."
ZUMWALT