Japan plans 4-way Middle East meeting
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Japan is planning to host a meeting with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian officials next month to help broker peace in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday. "We haven't solidified plans, but we are trying to arrange it for March 14," Aso told a news conference.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki invited neighboring countries and world powers on Wednesday to a March 10 meeting in Baghdad, saying he hoped it would help bring reconciliation and support for his government.
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By Michiyo Ishida, Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Japan bureau chief. Japanese troops are in Iraq mainly to help in the country&#39;s reconstruction but the mission is also seen as a signal that Tokyo wants a larger role in world affairs.
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Japan is considering inviting Asian countries, including China and ASEAN states, to this year's Group of Eight (G8) summit, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Japan and the U.S. will hold a two-day technical meeting on U.S. beef imports, officials said Monday, amid expectations the talks may pave the way for easing Japan's strict import restrictions.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will begin a visit to Israel and the Palestinian areas Tuesday evening in a bid to win support for a Middle East conference that he plans to hold in London next February.
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Letting Arab leaders figure out what to do about Hezbollah's weapons and assembling a strong international peacekeeping force along Israel's border are among proposals to be discussed at a meeting of key Mideast players in Rome on Wednesday.
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World leaders meeting in Egypt focused on Israel, the Palestinians and what is seen as a chance to jump start the stalled peace process today, with plans to shift the focus to another Mideast hotspot - Iraq â-ater in the day.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that a conference on the Middle East would take place in London next year.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is to visit Japan next month, a report said Saturday, as Washington seeks to persuade Tokyo to maintain its support for forces in Afghanistan.
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By Philip Webster, Political Editor, and Ian MacKinnon in Jerusalem. BRITAIN will step up efforts to maintain the momentum towards Middle East peace this week by fleshing out plans for a London conference to
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Japan plans to team up with Brazil, India and Germany again to propose an expansion of the U.N. Security Council that would secure them permanent seats, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday.
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Japan hopes new pledges to rebuild Iraq will emerge as international donors meet in Tokyo from Wednesday, but it sees broader participation in stabilizing the war-torn country as even more important than fresh funds.
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Japan and North Korea are scheduled to hold talks this week on Japanese citizens kidnaped by Pyongyang decades ago who remain missing.
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No decision has yet been made on a fourth round of six-nation talks aimed at dismantling the North Korea&#39;s nuclear programs, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said at a press
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Japan's prime minister calls for increased co-operation with China, at the end of a four-day trip to the country.
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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.