Domestic considerations public opinion in Japan is very sensitive to relations with North Korea. In 2002 North Korea admitted to secrely abducting Japanese citi-zens in the 1970 and 1980 transporting them to North Korea and using them to train north Korean spies. North Korea claims that all 13 abductees have either returned to Japan or died but many in Japan are skeptical of this claim. Many in Japan suspect more than 13 were
These abductions are an extremely sensitive issue in Japanese public opinion and past Japanese governments have demanded a resolution to the abduction issue before opening formal diplomatic relations with North Korea
Scenario Now imagine that the united States is negoti-ating a new nuclear weapons agreement with North Korea. The United States asks that Japan contribute