Japan extends sanctions on North Korea by two years

Japan extends sanctions on North Korea by two years
# 31 March 2015 04:48 (UTC +04:00)

Japan will extend a trade embargo on North Korea and a ban on North Korean ships entering Japanese ports, except if there are humanitarian reasons, by two years.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that Japan will continue to urge Pyongyang to report on its probe into the abduction issue swiftly and make the utmost effort to return all the abductees.

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