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Title: 20 years since The Japan–North Korea Pyongyang Declaration, still no progress in solving a problem.

邦題:日朝平壌宣言から20年, 進まぬ解決。

 

§1. Japanese

小泉純一郎 が総裁となった後、自民党に票を投じた選択は、次の一点に於いては、正しい選択であった。 

 

拉致被害者の奪還という点である。 2001年9月、田中均 元外務審議官が、当時の小泉首相に、秘密裏に進めるという条件で、北朝鮮 との交渉に着手し、一定の成果を得た(https://www.nhk.jp/p/gendai/ts/R7Y6NGLJ6G/blog/bl/pkEldmVQ6R/bp/pYJZGvB04Y/)。

 

[Archived] https://web.archive.org/web/20220921131503/https://www.nhk.jp/p/gendai/ts/R7Y6NGLJ6G/blog/bl/pkEldmVQ6R/bp/pYJZGvB04Y/
 

2002年9月17日、小泉純一郎 が 北朝鮮 に訪問し、金正日 総書記が米国への橋渡し等を条件に、拉致 を認め謝罪。 

2002年9月19日、平壌共同宣言。 

2002年10月15日、拉致被害者 5人が一時帰国(北朝鮮からの 送還 要請を、日本政府が拒否後、完全帰国) (https://www.nikkei.com/telling/DGXZTS00001630T10C22A6000000/)。

 

[Archived] https://web.archive.org/web/20220921132316/https://www.nikkei.com/telling/DGXZTS00001630T10C22A6000000/

 

拉致被害者家族 が次々と逝去する中、《宣言》から、20年経過した現在も、問題は未解決のままだ。 

自民党 以外の政党が与党になった場合でも、他の政党は、拉致問題 にどう取り組むのか、について、解決まで、施策や姿勢を積極的に発する責務が有る。

 

 

 

§2. 英語

 

After Junichiro Koizumi became president, the choice to vote for the LDP was the right one in one respect. 

The LDP was the right choice in one respect: the retrieval of the abductees. 

In September 2001, Hitoshi Tanaka, a former vice minister of foreign affairs, initiated negotiations with North Korea on the condition that then Prime Minister Koizumi proceed in secret, and these negotiations achieved a certain degree of success

(https://www.nhk.jp/p/gendai/ts/R7Y6NGLJ6G/blog/bl/pkEldmVQ6R/bp/pYJZGvB04Y/).

 

[Archived] https://web.archive.org/web/20220921131503/https://www.nhk.jp/p/gendai/ts/R7Y6NGLJ6G/blog/bl/pkEldmVQ6R/bp/pYJZGvB04Y/

 

On September 17, 2002, Junichiro Koizumi visits North Korea, and Kim Jong-il admits and apologizes for the abductions, on condition that the North Koreans be given a bridge to the United States. 

On September 19, 2002, the Japan–North Korea Pyongyang Declaration was signed. 

On October 15, 2002, five abductees temporarily return to Japan (after the Japanese government rejects North Korea's request for their repatriation)

(https://www.nikkei.com/telling/DGXZTS00001630T10C22A6000000/).

 

[Archived] https://web.archive.org/web/20220921132316/https://www.nikkei.com/telling/DGXZTS00001630T10C22A6000000/

 

While the families of the abductees have passed away one after another, 20 years have passed since the "DECLARATION", and the issue remains unresolved. 

Even if a party other than the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) becomes the ruling party, other parties have a responsibility to actively announce their policies and stances on how they will tackle the abduction issue until it is resolved.