1. Trends in Activities Harmful to Japan and Countermeasures

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

1) Protest activities against Japan

In April 2009, North Korea ignored the objections expressed by the international community including Japan and the U.S. and forcibly launched a missile under the guise of a satellite launch. Furthermore in May, the country executed nuclear tests, prompting the UN Security Council to adopt a new resolution banning the export of all weapons by North Korea and leading to the enhancement of measures against North Korea.

Also the Japanese government added new measures including the embargo of all items to North Korea in June 2009 to the existing anti-North Korea measures including the banning of the Mangyongbong-92 into Japanese ports initiated based on the North Korea’s launch of ballistic missiles in July 2006.

### a. North Korea’s resistance against the measures taken by the Japanese government

North Korea and Chosensoren $ ^{1} $ have taken the anti-North Korea measures conducted by the Japanese government as political repression against Chosensoren and North Korean residents in Japan, and repeatedly expressed violent protest through multiple media.

In June 2009, North Korea accused Japan of “unjustly blocking all mail sent to North Korea from North Korean residents who belonged to various organizations of Chosensoren and from associations supporting North Korea as additional sanctions against the country from June 18.”

On the other hand, Chosensoren has been rolling out vehement objections, stating that the sanctions put in place by the Japanese government is a clear and significant infringement on human rights that cannot be overlooked, and that the sanctions implemented by Japan against North Korea ostensibly go against the Japan-DPRK Pyongyang Declaration.

### b. Objections against the resolution of the UN Security Council

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution against the nuclear tests conducted by North Korea. In response to the action, North Korea held meetings to condemn the resolution in Pyongyang and other cities and insinuated their possible actions, stating that it would be required to create full-scale combat readiness in a solid manner and take punitive action against countries including Japan with merciless retaliation if it were attacked by their enemies.

## 2 ) Initiatives targeted for various parties

The emigration project from Japan to North Korea $ ^{2} $ marked the 50 $ ^{th} $ anniversary on 14 December, 2009. North Korea stated that serving the affluence and prosperity of the mother country was a sacred initiative based on patriotism and that Chosen Soren activists and North Korean residents in Japan should be united to deal with the requirements of the current situations, definitely crush the unjust anti-North Korea sanctions and repressive operations against Chosen Soren by the Japanese authorities, and aggressively implement the fights to protect the legal position of Chosen Soren.

In addition, Chosensoren has been rolling out operations targeting various parties in related fields in Japan, Japanese citizens supporting what North Korea claims, and other parties to promote the understanding towards North Korea and support for activities conducted by Chosensoren seeking their attendance at commemorative events for North Korea or Chosensoren.

The police collect and analyze information concerning various operations conducted by North Korea and Chosensoren as well as strictly cracking down on their illegal activities.

The police also try to further align with related organizations including customs to enhance a full-scale crackdown on illegal activities as part of our measures taken against North Korea. In 2009, police arrested criminals involved in the incident related to the violation of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the Foreign Exchange Act) where pianos or passenger vehicles that were classified as luxury items were illegally exported to North Korea through China.