Japan plans to extend economic sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for another six months, top government spokesman Nobutaka Machimura said, according to Kyodo News.
"We are not in a situation in which we can stop or ease off on this," Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura was quoted as saying when asked about the sanctions.
Japan started imposing a number of sanction measures on the DPRK in October 2006, after Pyongyang announced that it had carried out its first nuclear test. In April, Japan extended the sanctions for half a year to Oct. 10.
Since July 2006, Japan has also banned the cargo-passenger ferry Mangyongbong-92, the only direct passenger link between the two countries, from making port calls to Japan following a series of missile launches by the DPRK.
日本将对朝鲜进行为期半年的经济制裁，根据报道，高级政府官员他说，当被问到关于经济制裁这一举措时，内阁秘书长马迟木拉说我们不会因此而停止战斗或者熄火。
自平杨宣布了它已经实施了第一次核武器的实验，日本从2006年十月开始强制采取了一系列的制裁措施，从4月到10月10日，日本对韩国实施了近半年的经济制裁。
自2006年6月，日本已经停止了货物-乘客轮渡Mangyongbong-92的进入。两国唯一的联系方式就是通过韩国发射的一系列导弹到达日本的港口进行通话
