US Seeks Strategy with Japan for New N.Korea Talks
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said on  Sunday there was still time to resolve a nuclear crisis with  North Korea through six-party talks despite Pyongyang's refusal  to resume the negotiations.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North has been preparing a missile test. US and South Korean intelligence has picked up signs a test may be planned, though Japan&#39;s Prime
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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State   Christopher Hill said on Monday that North Korea is showing no   interest in returning to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons   program. Hill, the top U.S. point man on North Korea, arrived   in Japan at the start of an Asian tour that will also take him   to Beijing and Seoul.
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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 weapons program.
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Japan urged North Korea on yesterday to return to six-way talks on the North&#39;s nuclear weapons program in a third day of meetings focusing on the fate of missing Japanese citizens kidnapped by Northern spies, Japanese officials said.
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Japan and the United States will meet Jan. 13 to bolster cooperation in missile defense and discuss the ongoing realignment of U.S. troops in Japan, a news report said.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit China on October 8 and South Korea the next day for talks with their leaders in a bid to repair ties frayed by disputes over their bitter wartime past, but North Korea's nuclear threat looks set to grab a prominent place on the agenda.
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Senior officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan held talks on Friday aimed at arranging a fresh round of six-party negotiations on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs as doubts grew about the outlook for discussions later this month.
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Japan and the United States agreed Friday to expand their cooperation on a ballistic missile defense shield, moving to protect themselves amid concerns that North Korea could test-fire a long-range missile.
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Japanese negotiators are to begin fresh talks on their nationals allegedly abducted by Pyongyang.
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Japan will proceed with planned talks with North Korea tomorrow on normalizing ties, after a report the communist nation may be preparing to launch a ballistic missile, Hiroyuki Hosoda, Japan&#39;s chief government spokesman, said.
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Japan and the United States will call for greater cooperation between troops of the two nations to address regional threats in a joint security statement to be released in February, a news report said.
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A North Korean official will visit the United States next month for talks with U.S. counterparts on resuming six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday.
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The United States and Japan on Wednesday called on G8 partners to take a tough line against North Korea&#39;s nuclear arsenal, warning their patience with the reclusive state is running out.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Tokyo for two days next weekend to discuss security and trade as well as stalled talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, Japanese officials said on Sunday.
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Washington (VNA) - US Secretary of State Colin Powell will discuss the Korean nuclear issue and the six-party talks with leaders of Japan, China and the Republic of Korea (RoK) when he visits the three countries this week, State Department spokesman
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The chief U.S. negotiator on North  Korea will hold discussions in Japan and China in the next few  days aimed at organizing a fresh round of six-party talks on  dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear programs, a State Department  official said on Tuesday.