From East-Asia-Intel.com
Japan’s parliament is set to pass legislation giving the government authority to ban port calls by ships regarded as threat to security. The legislation states that the cabinet can halt vessels from entering Japanese ports if action is regarded as "necessary for the nation’s peace and public security." The restrictions will be a major blow to North Korea, which relies on ship visits for carrying cargo, passengers and currency, which are needed by the impoverished communist state. The new legislation is likely to pass before the end of the current Diet session, June 16. North Korea also has used ship visits to conduct intelligence-gathering operations against Japan.
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