Japanese, S. Korean leaders agree to expand bilateral ties
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and visiting South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun agreed Friday to jointly advance bilateral exchanges and early resumption of the six-party talks.
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Japan is trying to agree on dates for fence-mending summits between its new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and the leaders of China and South Korea, a senior Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday.
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South Korea and the European Union are to sign a cooperation agreement here next week covering Seoul's participation in Europe's Galileo satellite navigation project, the Finnish presidency said.
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Leaders of Japan and South Korea have jointly urged North Korea to return to talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. They agreed that imposing economic sanctions now on Pyongyang would thwart such efforts.
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Japan and North Korea will hold talks on establishing diplomatic relations next week in Ulan Bator, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said on Tuesday. The two-day talks from September 5 will be held as part of a six-country deal to scrap Pyongyang's nuclear arms programmes in exchange for aid and diplomatic recognition.
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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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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 and South Korea agreed Monday to send their first joint cheering squads with a total of 600 members to this summer's Beijing Olympics in a move toward reconciliation, the South's Unification Ministry said.
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Japan urged North Korea on Wednesday to comply with its international obligations amid reports the two countries had canceled an afternoon session of talks to establish diplomatic relations
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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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The United States and South Korea agreed  on Wednesday to keep pushing North Korea to join some form of  talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programs before the end of the  year, Yonhap news agency reported.
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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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The two Koreas will hold talks late this month aimed at improving relations, a South Korean official said Thursday, the first sign of easing tensions between the countries after the North signed a nuclear disarmament agreement.
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North and South Korea are restoring ties during talks this week following the communist country's pledge to shut down its nuclear reactor
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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's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Bush agreed during a telephone call Wednesday to maintain close ties and to meet in November, officials said.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made the pledge after talks with visiting South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun. The Japanese government is under pressure to impose sanctions over a row concerning kidnapped Japanese.