{"id":1680,"date":"2018-06-05T16:28:51","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2018-06-05T16:28:51","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:28:51","slug":"japans-caution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2018\/06\/05\/japans-caution\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s caution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"row article-top-header\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 article-top-header-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-heading\">\n<h1 class=\"post-title\">Japan urges caution on any North Korea agreement<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article-heading-des\">Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera says sanctions on Pyongyang should stay in place, citing previous violations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-wrap\">\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-img\">\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-name\">\n<div class=\"article-duration\">2 Jun 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-top-share-icon\" class=\"article-readToMe-share-block\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"row article-main-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 article-main-content\">\n<article id=\"main-article-block\" class=\"main-article-block clear-fix\">\n<div class=\"main-article-body\">\n<figure class=\"main-article-mediaCaption\">\n<div class=\"main-article-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive main-article-media-img\" title=\"Japan urges caution on any North Korea agreement\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/mritems\/imagecache\/mbdxxlarge\/mritems\/Images\/2018\/6\/2\/dde5d25d3e1c4524a1eba717da59e788_18.jpg\" alt=\"Onodera, pictured with US Vice President Mike Pence, said North Korea has a history of reneging on deals [Shizuo Kambayashi\/AP]\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"main-article-caption\">Onodera, pictured with US Vice President Mike Pence, said North Korea has a history of reneging on deals [Shizuo Kambayashi\/AP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-more-on-block article-shaded-blocks article-embedded-card hidden-xs\">\n<h4 class=\"embeded-box-name\">MORE ON\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/japan.html\">JAPAN<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"article-more-on-ul\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/inpictures\/japan-tattoo-means-180521101211743.html\">Japan: What my tattoo means to me<\/a>last week<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/aljazeeraworld\/2018\/05\/ryuichi-hirokawa-witness-east-180522053428699.html\">Ryuichi Hirokawa: Witness from the East<\/a>last week<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/witness\/2018\/05\/japan-tattoo-outlaws-180507074802315.html\">Japan&#8217;s Tattoo Outlaws<\/a>3 weeks ago<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/blogs\/asia\/2018\/05\/time-shinzo-abe-enter-spotlight-180508114331603.html\">Time for Shinzo Abe to enter the spotlight<\/a>last month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"body-200771816342556199\" class=\"article-p-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">Japan&#8217;s defence minister has urged the international community to keep sanctions and surveillance on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/north-korea.html\">North Korea<\/a>, saying it has a history of reneging on agreements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Itsunori Onodera said North Korea agreed to give up\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/05\/north-korea-testing-nuclear-weapons-170504072226461.html\">nuclear weapons<\/a>\u00a0as early as 1994, but has continued to develop them in secret and until last year threatened surrounding countries with a series of ballistic missile launches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;In light of how North Korea has behaved in the past, I believe that it is important not to reward North Korea solely for agreeing to have a dialogue,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<table class=\"in-article-item video\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"mceVideoBox\">\n<div id=\"bcvid_5792242002001\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"meta\"><strong>WATCH:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hKQ7emH2ODc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kim&#8217;s right-hand man set to meet Trump at White House (1:53)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We have seen history repeat, where North Korea would declare to denuclearise, thereby portraying itself as conciliatory and forthcoming, only to turn around to void all international efforts towards peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The comments by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/japan.html\">Japan<\/a>&#8216;s defence chief marked a sharp contrast with his South Korean counterpart, who said there was no reason to doubt the sincerity of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.<\/p>\n<p>Song Young-moo said: &#8220;Just because we have been tricked by North Korea in the past doesn&#8217;t guarantee that we will be tricked in the future. If we believe that, we will never be able to negotiate with them and make peace with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean defence minister said that if the talks on North Korea&#8217;s nuclear weapons are successful, they could be compared with the 1989 Malta Summit between former President George H W Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, less than a month after the fall of the Berlin Wall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/china.html\">China<\/a>\u00a0has also given the talks its approval.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s foreign ministry said in a statement posted on its official WeChat account that it viewed the meeting between the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/united-states.html\">United States<\/a>\u00a0and North Korean leaders as key to achieving denuclearisation and lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese and South Korean defence ministers were speaking at an international security conference in Singapore, which is set to host the landmark summit between US President Donald Trump and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/asia-pacific\/2010\/09\/2010927205950221159.html\">Kim Jong-un<\/a>\u00a0on June 12.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan urges caution on any North Korea agreement Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera says sanctions on Pyongyang should stay in place, citing previous violations. 2 Jun 2018 Onodera, pictured with US Vice President Mike Pence, said North Korea has a history of reneging on deals [Shizuo Kambayashi\/AP] MORE ON\u00a0JAPAN Japan: What my tattoo means to melast week Ryuichi Hirokawa: Witness from&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2018\/06\/05\/japans-caution\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1681,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680\/revisions\/1681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}