Cheney reassures Japan on NKorea
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US Vice President Dick Cheney reassured Japan on Wednesday that the breakthrough North Korea nuclear deal was a &quot;good first step&quot; as a worried Tokyo stood by its refusal to fund the pact.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell joined with Japanese leaders today to appeal again to North Korea to resume the stalled negotiations over the future of its nuclear
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Japan and China will cooperate closely to ensure that North Korea follows through on its agreement to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs, Japan's prime minister said Friday.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level  alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power  plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may  carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on  Saturday, citing government sources.
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Vice President Cheney today refused to back down from his assertion that the Democratic approach to Iraq would "validate the al Qaeda strategy," while he defended the recent nuclear deal with North Korea despite criticism from conservative allies.
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Japan has the technological know-how to produce a nuclear weapon but has no immediate plans to do so, the foreign minister said Thursday, several weeks after communist North Korea carried out a nuclear test.
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Japan on Wednesday sought to secure a U.N. Security Council warning to North Korea that there would be consequences if it conducted a nuclear test.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stressed Thursday on the importance of Japan-US alliance in dealing with international affairs after US President George W.Bush secured his second term.
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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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Japan will respond ``severely&#39;&#39; to North Korea&#39;s failure to provide evidence there are no more Japanese abductees left alive in that country, said Hiroyuki Hosoda, Japan&#39;s chief government spokesman.
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US Vice President Dick Cheney promised Thursday to help the parents of a Japanese girl abducted by North Korea in the 1970s as the emotionally charged row cast a shadow over a nuclear deal with Pyongyang.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is paying a brief visit to East Asia, speaking to regional partners about the drive to resolve the North Korean nuclear
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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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Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Japan on Tuesday on a visit to reassure America's close ally that a troop buildup will help quell violence in Iraq, just weeks after Japan's defense minister said starting the war was a mistake.
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Japan and the United States will call for greater cooperation between troops of the two nations to address regional threats in a joint security statement to be released in February, a news report said.
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US President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi launched a new warning to North Korea over its weapons programs as they highlighted their close relationship at a final White House summit.
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SANTIAGO (Kyodo) Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday that Japan and China should promote friendly relations even if there are thorny issues between them, an apparent reference to China&#39;s criticism of his repeated visits to Yasukuni Shrine.