U.S. Seeks Strategy with Japan for New N.Korea Talks
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Secretary of State Colin Powell sought to  hammer out a strategy with Japan on Sunday to persuade North  Korea to return to six-party talks on scrapping its suspected  nuclear weapons programs.
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North Korea called on Friday for military talks with the United States for peace and security on the peninsula, with Washington saying it can discuss a peace treaty after Pyongyang abandons its nuclear arms program.
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While the U.S. and others focus on North Korea's nuclear weapons, Japan is worried that the issue of North Korea's abduction of its citizens is falling by the wayside
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The United States wants tangible  progress in a new round of six-party talks on ending North  Korea's nuclear ambitions set to start this weekend, the top  U.S. negotiator on North Korea said on Wednesday.
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TOKYO - Diplomats from Japan, South Korea and the United States on Friday confirmed their commitment to cooperate in six-nation talks aimed at convincing North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, agreeing that the next round of talks must be
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U.S. envoy Christopher Hill was en route to North Korea Thursday for talks on the next moves to be made under a nuclear disarmament agreement reached earlier this year, a Japanese government spokesman said.
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Senior U.S. and North Korean officials plan to meet in Beijing on Wednesday as they try to prepare for fresh multilateral talks on ending Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear arms, the State Department said on Tuesday.
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A North Korean official will visit the United States next month for talks with US counterparts on resuming six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea&#39;s nuclear program, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said it is crucial to restart six-way talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear-weapons program by the end of the year if possible, a Japanese government official told a news briefing.
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The chief U.S. envoy in nuclear talks with North Korea will fly to Pyongyang on Thursday to discuss the next steps to be taken under a disarmament deal in February, Japan said.
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Japan and North Korea will resume talks on Thursday toward establishing diplomatic relations after discord over Japanese abducted by Pyongyang suspended the first day of discussions, Japan's chief negotiator said.
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The top U.S. envoy at stalled North Korean disarmament talks said Thursday that the United States wants to meet with South Korea, Japan, Russia and China next week to figure out a way to persuade North Korea to return to negotiations.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell sought Japan's input on resolving the North Korean nuclear impasse after rejecting Pyongyang's demands to resume stalled talks on resolving the deadlock.
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Japanese and North Korean envoys began a new round of talks Saturday on a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North&#39;s agents decades ago, and the chief Japanese delegate
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Japan plans to raise the missile issue during talks with North Korea in Beijing, China this weekend. While the main agenda of the contact surrounds Pyongyang&#39;s abductions of Japanese citizens back in the 1970s
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The United States is setting a deadline  of early February for a reply from North Korea on whether the  communist state will return to six-party talks on its nuclear  arms program, a Japanese newspaper said on Thursday.
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This week's talks between Japan and North Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party negotiations on the North's nuclear program are gathering pace, South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday.