In 2013, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe also announced that Japan would resume direct assistance to Somalia, particularly in the areas of security, industrial development, and bilateral trade and investment.[101] In January 2014, Japan appointed Tatsushi Terada as the new Japanese Ambassador to Somalia,[102] replacing Atoshisa Takata.[103] Ambassador Terada concurrently presented his credentials to the Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at a ceremony in Mogadishu.[102] North Korea 13 April 1967 See North Korea–Somalia relations Diplomatic relations between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea) and Somalia were formally established on 13 April 1967.