US pointman on North Korea to head to Japan
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The US pointman on North Korea will head to Japan after holding talks in Beijing aimed at reviving six-nation talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, a US spokesman said.
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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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US envoy Christopher Hill is reportedly travelling to North Korea to discuss its nuclear programme.
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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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The United States and Japan have detected signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile that could hit almost all of Japan, a Japanese newspaper said on Thursday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is wrapping up an East Asia trip focused on prodding North Korea to resume talks aimed at ending its nuclear-weapons program.
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The chief nuclear negotiators of North Korea and the United States are planning to visit each other's capital soon, a diplomatic source in Seoul was quoted as saying in a South Korean news report on Thursday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell is beginning his four-day trip to East Asia Saturday with a visit to Japan. In the coming days, Mr.
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Ex-US soldier Charles Jenkins, accused of defecting to N Korea, is set to surrender to the American military in Japan.
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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 United States and Japan have detected  signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic  missile capable of reaching almost anywhere in Japan, Japanese  government sources said Thursday.
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North Korea threatened yesterday to turn Japan into a &quot;nuclear sea of fire&quot; if it comes under attack from the United States.
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The chief U.S. envoy in nuclear talks with North Korea will fly to Pyongyang on Thursday to discuss the next steps to be taken under a disarmament deal in February, Japan said.
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The United States and Japan have detected  signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic  missile capable of reaching almost anywhere in Japan, Japanese  government sources said on Thursday.
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Indian PM Manmohan Singh is due in Japan, where he is expected to seek support for the US nuclear deal.
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North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator plans to visit the United States within days for follow-up talks on a recent disarmament deal, South Korean news reports said Saturday.
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The United States and Japan agreed Friday to strengthen cooperation on missile defense amid concerns of a possible long-range rocket launch by North Korea.