Cheney due in Japan to push NKorea deal
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US Vice President Dick Cheney has headed to Asia with his first scheduled stop in Japan, a key US ally which has voiced increasing concern about the White House's approach on North Korea and Iraq.
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Vice President Dick Cheney, who visited Asia-Pacific allies Japan and Australia last week, left Singapore on Sunday afternoon after his plane underwent minor repairs and refueled.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is expected in Mexico City Friday, where he and President Vicente Fox are set to sign a free trade pact.
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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is about to begin a visit to Japan where he is expected to sign off on the framework for a trade deal that could let Indonesians work here.
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A top official at the International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to visit North Korea within two weeks to discuss details of nuclear reactor inspection that Pyongyang agreed to during the recent international disarmament talks, a Japanese newspaper reported Saturday.
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Japan may extend its controversial non-combat troop dispatch to Iraq, a key gesture of support for Washington ahead of a meeting on Tuesday between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and US President George W. Bush.
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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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A U.S. diplomat will visit Pyongyang  this week to try to push forward a stalled deal under which  North Korea promised to disclose all its nuclear programs and  eventually abandon them, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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The front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister vowed Saturday to extend his nation's support for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday expressed concerns about China's military build-up and also questioned whether North Korea would follow through on its commitments in a recent nuclear deal.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Tuesday he will press his country's case in Washington this week for reducing what he called the "the excessive burden" placed on Okinawa by the presence of U.S. troops.
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Shinzo Abe, the man most likely to be Japan's next leader, sets out his plans for a more assertive foreign policy.
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Efforts to get North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons programs are expected to be high on the agenda when President Bush meets with other Asia-Pacific
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Japan&#39;s Foreign Ministry is preparing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea this month, as hopes fade for six-nation talks to take place before November.
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Pressuring North Korea to give up its nuclear-weapons program and strengthening the coalition in the war on terror will be the focus of President Bush&#39;s diplomacy at the Asia-Pacific summit that begins formally tomorrow.
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The U.S. Vice President will cover security issues during his visit to Tokyo, but won't be meeting with Japan's Defense Secretary, who recently called the U.S. invasion of Iraq "a mistake"