The upper house of Japan's parliament Wednesday approved a proposal to extend sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for another six months from its original deadline of Oct. 13.
Despite oppositions from the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party, the proposal was passed with majority votes from the ruling coalition and other parties.
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.
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's administration decided to prolong the sanctions last month. The proposal was approved by the House of Representatives, the lower house, on Nov. 2.
Source: Xinhua
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