japan-dprk relations Archives - 38 North

With Little Incentive to Engage the US, North Korea Deepens Russia and China Ties

Kibum Han

Apr 15, 2026

Foreign Affairs, NK Briefing

This article is from the fourth edition (January – March 2026) of 38 North’s quarterly …

Book Review: “Thirty Years of Japan-DPRK Negotiations: A History”

Stephen Mercado

Apr 14, 2023

日朝交渉30年史 (Nitcho kosho 30-nenshi) By Wada Haruki. Tokyo: Chikuma Shobo, 2022. vi, 264 pp. …

North Korea’s Missile Activity: Japan’s Response

Daniel R. DePetris

Oct 21, 2022

Foreign Affairs, Military Affairs

This year has proven to be an especially busy time for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his …

Abe’s Longest November: Japan, North Korea and the Growing Urgency for Diplomacy

James L. Schoff

Nov 27, 2019

Commentary

Historians will remember November 2019 as the month that Japan’s Shinzo Abe became his nation’s …