POLI 133G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Junichirō Koizumi, Treaty On The Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, Identity Theft
12 Aug 2016
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Relationship between north korea (nk) and japan = limited economic cooperation, but mostly closed. Us/jap/nk relationship largely marked by crises and incidents. Korean war -- us sponsored south korea, ussr sponsored nk. February 1995: dprk (democratic people"s republic of korea) foreign minister. Cooperation increases until 1964 (in order to counterbalance relations with south korea) Dprk creates general association of korean residents in japan to begin repatriation program. During wwii, north korean citizens often moved to japan because cheaper labor = job opportunities. Repatriation program consists of vehicle, financial assistance convince north. Under prime minister eisaku sato (1964-72), japan balanced relations between. Government in nk = autocratic, but not cult-like similar to today. Nk economy was beginning to slow as it began to close itself off from the international scene. Policy of balancing continued under prime minister tanaka kakuei. Under prime minister takeo miki (1974-76), clear preference for. Avoidance of solidifying economic relations with north.
