[Kyodo: Korea] Japan's top government spokesman said Monday that the government thinks it is necessary for the United States to put North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism. ''The Japanese government feels (the U.S. putting the North back on the list) necessary as we think the abduction (of Japanese nationals by North Korea) is terrorism itself, and we'd like to closely monitor the developments,'' Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura told a news conference.
It's a petty move that accomplishes nothing. They're a brutal hereditary dictatorship, but unlike Iran or Syria they're not in the business of sponsoring terror organizations.
| No, just arming terror-exporting regimes. Not the same thing at all. |
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