North Korea appears to be getting squeezed out of its de facto embassy in Japan. Japan′s Kyodo News says... the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling to let Maru-naka Holdings purchase the building and land for 2-point-2 billion yen... or roughly 19 million U.S. dollars. That gives the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan,... also known as the Chongryon , a limited amount of time to find a new home. Observers wonder how the latest development may affect North Korea-Japan talks on resolving the Japanese abduction issue. In 2012, the Tokyo District Court decided to auction the property off... after a firm backed by the Japanese government asked the Chongryon to pay back money it owed.