Economic assistance, loans, and nuclear missile development Declaration signing between Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korea Supreme leader Kim Jong IL in 2002. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited North Korea in 2002. Prior to this summit, North Korea had never acknowledged kidnapping Japanese citizens. This visit resulted in a formal apology by Kim Jong-il and the return of known victims. The Japanese government made its first apology to the North Korean government and their predecessors for the turmoil and suffering endured by their citizens from 1910 until 1945.
Economic assistance, loans, and nuclear missile development Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited North Korea in 2002. Prior to this summit, North Korea had never acknowledged kidnapping Japanese citizens. This visit resulted in a formal apology by Kim Jong-il and the return of known victims. The Japanese government made its first apology to the North Korean government and their predecessors for the turmoil and suffering endured by their citizens from 1910 until 1945.
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Declaration signing between Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korea Supreme leader Kim Jong IL in 2002.