Powell, Japan&#39;s Machimura Discuss Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea
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(State Department) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura held a 90-minute working lunch in Tokyo October 24, exchanging views on Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, China, UN reform, and Japan&#39;s insistence that
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While Pyongyang will likely delay six-nation talks on its nuclear programs, Japan&#39;s Foreign Ministry is preparing discussions with North Korea later this month in Beijing to finally get answers on 10 missing Japanese.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura pressed the United States to reduce its military presence in Japan, saying it was &quot;very important&quot; and that Tokyo expected a &quot;reasonable solution.&quot;
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US Vice President Dick Cheney will visit Japan and Australia this week to discuss their roles in Iraq and Afghanistan and common challenges like China's rise and North Korea's nuclear programs, officials said.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hinted on Saturday in unusually strong terms that failure to secure extension of Japan&#39;s military support role for US troops in Afghanistan risked his job.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell left Japan for China on Sunday, the second stop of an Asian tour. Mr. Powell is visiting the region to discuss the impasse with North Korea, which is boycotting
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The crisis is a political challenge for Koizumi, who decided to send Japanese troops to Iraq despite strong public opposition. &quot;We cannot tolerate terrorism and we will not give in to terrorism,&quot; Koizumi told reporters on Wednesday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Japan, China and South Korea beginning next week for talks on the stalled effort to end the impasse over North Korea's nuclear program, Iraq, terrorism and other matters, the State Department said.
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UNITED NATIONS: The United States has supported Japan&#39;s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council but is reserving judgement on other potential candidates, including friends Germany, Brazil and India, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said
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Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Japan, China and South Korea next weekend, the State Department said Saturday, in what probably is an effort to restart six-nation talks about North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
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He didn't have time to meet Japan's defense minister, who has questioned the Iraq war, but Vice President Dick Cheney squeezed in a chat on Thursday with a couple whose daughter was kidnapped by North Korea decades ago.
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Japan may extend its controversial non-combat troop dispatch to Iraq, a key gesture of support for Washington ahead of a meeting on Tuesday between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and US President George W. Bush.
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Japan and North Korea will hold talks next week to discuss the resumption of multilateral negotiations aimed at dismantling the communist nation&#39;s nuclear arms program, a Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said.
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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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US Secretary of State Colin Powell met Monday with China&#39;s foreign minister and the two countries&#39; delegates to six-nation talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear program during a visit that also was expected to include discussions on Taiwan.
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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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Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Japan on Tuesday on a visit to reassure America's close ally that a troop build-up will help quell violence in Iraq, just weeks after Japan's defense minister said starting the war was a mistake.