Timeline of Japan–North Korea relations

This is a timeline of Japan–North Korea relations.

Year	Date	Event
1955		Chongryon (General Association of Korean Residents in Japan) is established.
1970	March 31	Japan Airlines Flight 351 (Yodo) hijacking. 129 hostages taken by the Japanese Red Army. The hijackers surrender to North Korean authorities, who offer the whole group asylum.
1977	November 15	Yokota Megumi, a Japanese junior high school student, kidnapped by Sin Gwang-su and forced to train spies in North Korea.
1997	October 9	Japan contributes 27 million dollars to North Korea by way of World Food Programme.
1998	August	North Korea fires a medium-range Taepodong-1 missile over Japan. Japan suspended normalisations with Pyongyang.
2006	October 9	2006 North Korean nuclear test.

See also

• Japan–North Korea relations
• Japan–Korea relations
• Timeline of Japan–South Korea relations
• Korea under Japanese rule
• Foreign relations of Japan
• Foreign relations of North Korea

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