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  OssanULTRA at 07:42 AM JST - 10th July

  The "appropriate form" would be for China to quietly apply pressure on Kim without any fanfare. China holds the cards to the Kim regime's continued existence and for all their bark, the NKoreans know this. A good relationship with wealthy trading partner Japan is worth far more to China than starving begging little brother.

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  lipscombe at 09:13 AM JST - 10th July

  we ought to just cut our losses and "rule out" Fukuda doing anything at all about anything

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  lipscombe at 09:15 AM JST - 10th July

  unless the abduction issue is resolved

  look, it WON'T EVER be resolved so just move on and look at the far more important problems that affect thousands of people everyday in Japan

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  onlineparasite at 09:34 AM JST - 10th July

  lipscombe, I cannot seem to agree Any country would not take such an issue lightly, even if it was one abductee. It might take long to solve, yes, and they should ALSO look at other problems, more important and less important, at the same time, I agree, but the abduction issue should never be overlooked, especially when the counterpart is NK and their arguments are ridiculous.

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  lipscombe at 09:47 AM JST - 10th July

  part of the problem is that the Japanese govt. dont actually do anything to help the families of the abducted and dont want resolution to the matter because they like to bleat about it at every opportunity they have to actually improve relations with NK

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  gogogo at 11:31 AM JST - 10th July

  Wow Fukuda showed some balls, I agree with him, good for him.

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  pointofview at 11:49 AM JST - 10th July

  Japan should also come clean on many issues. Practice what you preach.

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  OssanULTRA at 12:01 PM JST - 10th July

  "look, it WON'T EVER be resolved so just move on and look at the far more important problems that affect thousands of people everyday in Japan"

  Disagree. If it matters to Japan for whatever reason, NK isn't stupid, they know it has value, which makes it something tradable.

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  yosun at 11:24 PM JST - 10th July

  " A good relationship with wealthy trading partner Japan is worth far more to China than starving begging little brother. "

  It's probably right for someone. but oriental civilization tell people to regard 'loyalism ' more important than 'profit'. this point might be hard to understand for western, but Japanese, as important part of oriental spirit, should be aware of this so much.

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  lipscombe at 12:07 AM JST - 11th July

  which makes it something tradable

  for what? a "sorry" from NK? is that resolution? would China let it all lie and joing group hugs if Japan said sorry for Nanjing? what more can be expected?

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