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3 Cabinet members to meet Wednesday on N. Korea's rocket launch plan+
TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone will meet Wednesday to decide what steps the Japanese government will take in the event North Korea were to test launch a
ballistic missile, ruling party lawmakers said Tuesday.
Kawamura unveiled the plan for the talks among the three Cabinet members at a
meeting Tuesday of a panel of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito
party for discussing measures to deal with the North Korean missile issue,
according to the lawmakers in attendance.
The move comes as Pyongyang has said it plans to launch a rocket between April
4 and 8 to put a satellite into orbit, which a number of countries including
Japan see as a cover for a ballistic missile test.
The ruling bloc of the LDP and Komeito, meanwhile, presented a petition to the
government on steps it should take in case of a North Korean missile launch,
including swiftly seeking action by the U.N. Security Council in cooperation
with the United States and South Korea.
The parties also demanded that the government quickly announce its decision on
whether to extend its existing sanctions against Pyongyang or to impose fresh
sanctions, according to LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda.
They also urged the government to press North Korea to hold talks at an early
stage under the six-party framework aimed at denuclearizing Pyongyang and
continue efforts toward resolving the issues of the country's nuclear and
missile development as well as its past abductions of Japanese nationals.
Kawamura responded that the government will consider the petition, the
lawmakers said.
Kawamura, Hamada and Nakasone are expected to decide on matters such as whether
the government should inform the public in advance of a plan to intercept North
Korea's rocket in the event it is likely to fall onto Japanese territory.
The rocket is likely to fly over the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan if it
travels as planned. Its two-stage boosters are expected to fall into the two
''danger'' areas North Korea has marked in the Sea of Japan off Akita
Prefecture and in the northern Pacific between Japan and Hawaii.
==Kyodo
2009-03-24 21:37:08
ballistic missile, ruling party lawmakers said Tuesday.
Kawamura unveiled the plan for the talks among the three Cabinet members at a
meeting Tuesday of a panel of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito
party for discussing measures to deal with the North Korean missile issue,
according to the lawmakers in attendance.
The move comes as Pyongyang has said it plans to launch a rocket between April
4 and 8 to put a satellite into orbit, which a number of countries including
Japan see as a cover for a ballistic missile test.
The ruling bloc of the LDP and Komeito, meanwhile, presented a petition to the
government on steps it should take in case of a North Korean missile launch,
including swiftly seeking action by the U.N. Security Council in cooperation
with the United States and South Korea.
The parties also demanded that the government quickly announce its decision on
whether to extend its existing sanctions against Pyongyang or to impose fresh
sanctions, according to LDP Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda.
They also urged the government to press North Korea to hold talks at an early
stage under the six-party framework aimed at denuclearizing Pyongyang and
continue efforts toward resolving the issues of the country's nuclear and
missile development as well as its past abductions of Japanese nationals.
Kawamura responded that the government will consider the petition, the
lawmakers said.
Kawamura, Hamada and Nakasone are expected to decide on matters such as whether
the government should inform the public in advance of a plan to intercept North
Korea's rocket in the event it is likely to fall onto Japanese territory.
The rocket is likely to fly over the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan if it
travels as planned. Its two-stage boosters are expected to fall into the two
''danger'' areas North Korea has marked in the Sea of Japan off Akita
Prefecture and in the northern Pacific between Japan and Hawaii.
==Kyodo
2009-03-24 21:37:08
