The North Korean leadership felt increasingly isolated when Takeo Fukuda concluded the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China, and Yasuhiro Nakasone visited South Korea in 1983.
Korea Utara merasa semakin terisolasi ketika Takeo Fukuda menandatangani Perjanjian Perdamaian dan Persahabatan antara Jepang dan Republik Rakyat TIongkok, dan kunjungan Yasuhiro Nakasone ke Korea Selatan pada tahun 1983.