# Section 5. Trends in Activities Harmful to Japan and Countermeasures

## (1) North Korea’s Operations Directed at Japan

## 1 ) Critique of the Six Party Talks on North Korean Issues

Regarding the participation of Japan in the Six Party Talks on North Korean Issues $ ^{1} $ and the statement by Japan that as long as progress is not made on the abduction issue Japan will not provide North Korea with economic or energy support, North Korea has criticized, “Regarding Japan’s participation in the Six Party Talks on North Korean Issues, it would be better if Japan did not attend the talks. The country is becoming an annoying and inconvenient presence.”

## 2 ) Criticism on Measures Taken by the

## Japanese Government against North Korea

In the wake of North Korea’s test firing of ballistic missiles in 2006, the Japanese government took action, and has since banned port entry of the Mangyongbong-92. North Korea and Chosensoren $ ^{2} $ regard such measures as “Political oppression of Chosensoren and North Koreans living in Japan,” and have been repeatedly making severe criticisms through various media sources.

## 3 ) Criticisms, Protests against Searches on Chosensoren-related Facilities and Auctioning of the Head-Office Building of Chosensoren

Regarding searches on Chosensoren-related facilities conducted by the police force, North Korea has harshly criticized Japan, making such comments as “(the searches are) fascist acts of violence based on shocking and absurd pretexts” and “The criminal acts of retaliation being carried out by Japan, such as anti-Chosenren searches and oppression of the Chosensoren, will surely be settled in the future.”

## 4 ) Approach to Related Parties by Inviting Them to Banquets

Chosensoren invites Japanese personnel from various fields and Japanese people aligned with North Korean allegations to banquets which commemorate North Korean national holidays. At these banquets, vice-chairman of Chosensoren Heo Jong-man attempts to gain the understanding of participants regarding the position of the Chosensoren and North Korea, through such comments as “Those who participate in these banquets act in accordance with the declarations of Pyongyang to improve Japan-North Korean relations and realize the normalization of diplomatic relations. I am confident that all of you are helping to provide generous support for our activities to protect the human rights and livelihoods of our zainichi comrades and an assortment of other rights, including ethnic education.”

The police intend to strengthen efforts in gathering information about operations by North Korea and Chosensoren, while strictly controlling relevant illegal activities.

Note 1: The formal name of the group is General Association of Korean Residents in Japan.

2: Japan, the United States, South Korea, China, Russia and North Korea participated in the Talks on North Korean Nuclear Issues.

## (2) Chinese Operations Directed at Japan

China is promoting, on a national-level, policies which aim for a transition from a traditional material-industry-centered industrial structure to a self-developed industrial structure centered on manufacture and the export of high value-added goods.

In his administrative report addressed at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in October 2007, General Secretary Hu Jintao said that China would continue to pursue the independent development of military intelligence, weapons and equipment. In September 2008, under the orders of the Director of the PLA General Armaments Department, the flagship spacecraft Shenzhou-7 was completed and China successfully completed its first spacewalk. Additionally, the distribution of weapons and equipment created through independent development is proceeding as well.

Under such measures and policies, China is proactively sending scholars and technicians to foreign countries to obtain state-of-the-art technology. They have also sent public servants, scholars, government-sponsored international students to Japan, working around to transfer technology to their own state-of-the-art technology holding companies, defense-related companies, and research institutions. They have been engaged over a long period of time in information gathering activity through tactical and multifaceted methods.

In order to protect the national interests of Japan, the police are gathering and analyzing information related to these operations, and intend to deal strictly with illegal activity in light of the law.