League parliamentary friendship Japan-Korea of North

The parliamentary Ligue of friendship Japan-Korea of North is an association gathering of the members of Parliament Japanese and North-Korean.

In the absence of official relations between these two countries, the milked League of questions which would be normally discussed at the intergovernmental level.

Delimitation of the fishing zones

The fishing zones between Japan and the North Korea were delimited by a non-governmental agreement signed in 1978, then renewed in 1984, between Japanese representatives and North-Korean of the parliamentary League of friendship Japan-Korea of North.

The renewal, in January 1982, of the agreement of 1978 had expired as of June 1982, after a mission North-Korean had been prohibited access to Japan for political reasons.

The role of the League of friendship in the bilateral discussions

In the absence of official relations at the ministerial level, a member of Parliament of the Left liberal-democrat (with the capacity in Japan), Masaaki Nakayama, acting on mandate of the government, had semi-official contacts with the authorities North-Korean in 1999, in particular to settle the question of the Japanese nationals removed by agents North-Korean during the years 1970, in a context of resumption of the bilateral contacts.

In August 2000, Masaaki Nakayama, president of the parliamentary League Japan-Korea of North, received a delegation North-Korean within the framework of negotiations for the establishment of diplomatic relations.

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