NK News monitors, summarizes and translates stories focused on North Korea in the Japanese media. Last week saw the following stories covered by Japanese media:

Abduction Also Part of New State Secrecy Bill (Sankei Biz)

On the 22nd, the Cabinet said that ‘foreign operations intended to abduct Japanese citizens’ will be classified as ‘specified harmful activities’ under the new Secrecy Bill. This is clause is likely written with the North Korean abduction issue in mind. (November 22, 2013)

Chosen School Subsidies: How Will the Mayor of Kawasaki Decide? (Tokyo Shimbun)

There is increasing scrutiny as to