Japan tells of disagreement at North Korea talks
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Envoys seeking to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions decided to extend talks into Friday as differences emerged on the next steps towards disabling the North's atomic facilities, a Japanese delegate said.
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Talks aimed at resolving a dispute over Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago ended Sunday with no progress, Japanese officials said.
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Japan has admitted it would refuse to fund any deal on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions without clear progress in a bilateral row over the communist state's abductions of Japanese nationals.
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BEIJING (Kyodo) Japan lodged a protest Saturday with North Korea over Pyongyang&#39;s investigations into 10 Japanese citizens whom Tokyo maintains were abducted, and handed over its report concluding that materials provided by the North do not support its
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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 envoys began a new round of talks Saturday on a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North&#39;s agents decades ago, and the chief Japanese delegate
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SEOUL: South Korea cautioned Japan against imposing sanctions on North Korea saying the step could complicate efforts to end the impasse over the communist country&#39;s nuclear weapons drive.
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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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As the six parties gather to talks about nuclear weapons, Tokyo's position is shaped by domestic anger over Japanese kidnapped by North Korea
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Japan and North Korea ended the first day of talks on Wednesday on establishing diplomatic ties, with a Japanese envoy saying he had had "meaningful" discussions with North Koreans.
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While talks between the U.S. and North Korea seem to be progressing, Tokyo and Pyongyang are at an impasse
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BEIJING Japanese negotiators expressed &quot;serious concern&quot; Sunday about North Korea&#39;s missile program, a Japanese diplomat said.
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North Korea hinted on Friday at breaking  off talks with Japan over the fate of Japanese citizens  abducted decades ago, saying Pyongyang no longer sees  significance in maintaining contact.
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Talks between Japan and North Korea on normalizing ties ended after only 45 minutes Thursday, leaving wide gaps as their top envoys blamed each other for the lack of agreement on key historical issues.
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Japan's prime minister called on North Korea Monday to quickly resume negotiations on ending its nuclear weapons program, as support grew for Japan to take a tougher line against the communist country.
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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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TOKYO : Japan is enraged at North Korea for allegedly lying about the deaths of two of its citziens the Stalinist state kidnapped, with commentators warning the deception has set back the chances of reconcilation with the outside world.