Japan, S. Korean and US Diplomats Meet
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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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Japan and North Korea hold talks Wednesday for the first time in six months to discuss tense ties amid rare, albeit cautious, signs of optimism between the arch-foes.
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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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The Japanese and Australian defence and foreign ministers will meet for their first four-way talks Wednesday as the two close US allies aim to boost their security relations.
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President Roh Moo-hyun and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Saturday shared the common view that the six-nation talks on resolving North Korea&#39;s nuclear row should move forward
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Senior envoys from the US and North Korea are to meet in Geneva to discuss ways of normalising relations.
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Senior envoys from the US and North Korean are set to meet in Geneva, to discuss normalising relations.
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This week&#39;s talks between Japan and North Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party negotiations on the North&#39;s nuclear program are gathering pace, South Korea&#39;s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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The top U.S. envoy to the North Korean nuclear talks expressed hope Wednesday that Japan and North Korea would meet on the sidelines of the six-nation negotiations to discuss normalizing their relations.
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South Korean and U.S. officials are discussing a possible visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell to Seoul next week, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, just two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
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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.
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Japanese and North Korean diplomats met  on Tuesday to smooth the way toward improving relations, but  Tokyo said it would not establish ties until the issue of its  citizens abducted by Pyongyang was resolved.
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North Korea accepted a proposal by Japan to discuss the sensitive issue of Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese citizens as they try to smooth the way toward diplomatic ties, a Japanese official said on Tuesday.
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North and South Korea meet for a new round of talks, with tensions expected over delayed rice shipments.
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This week's talks between Japan and North  Korea show efforts to hold more six-party talks on the North's  nuclear plans are gathering pace and most countries want a  meeting before the year ends, South Korea said on Wednesday.
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The leaders of Japan and South Korea agree to meet, in a bid to repair their countries' strained ties.
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Top diplomats from Japan and China were   set to kick off a fresh round of talks on Monday on whether   their leaders could move ahead with an ice-breaking summit   meeting soon.