Japan threatens to tighten the screws (again)

According to Yahoo News: 

Highlights:

Kyodo) _ Japan plans to apply regulations tightly to issues related to North Korea to put pressure on Pyongyang after bilateral talks made little headway on the abduction and other bilateral issues — without imposing economic sanctions for the time being, government sources said Monday.

The government has urged municipalities which provide tax breaks for a pro-North Korean organization’s facilities to consider whether such preferential treatment is appropriate, according to Abe.

The government may also study tightening customs screening of travelers who take souvenirs back to North Korea under a system to allow simplified customs checks for souvenirs worth up to 300,000 yen, the sources said.

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