Tokyo (AsiaNews/Cs) On 17 March, the Liberal Democratic Party in power in Japan approved a resolution calling on the government to impose economic sanctions on North Korea if its human rights record does not improve.
The Party unanimously approved the resolution during a plenary meeting at its central headquarters. The democrats decided to submit the bill of law in parliament only after discussing the matter with the New Komeito Party, its ally in the ruling coalition.
At the meeting, it was further decided to dispatch a document calling for a review of the current economic policy, which provides for hefty fiscal reductions on property of Chongryeon, the General Association of Korean residents in Japan, which is close to Pyongyang.
Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the government described the decision as "our way of sending a clear signal to the international community and North Korea about the regime's human rights record."
