Japan's former PM weighing nuke talks in NKorea
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Japan's former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi is weighing a third visit to North Korea to persuade the communist regime to give up its nuclear ambitions, public NHK broadcaster reported.
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TOKYO -- Seeking to mend Japan's deteriorating relations with its chief Asian neighbors, Japanese officials on Monday said they were pushing for rapid summit meetings between freshly inaugurated Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his counterparts in China and South Korea.
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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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Japan urged North Korea on yesterday to return to six-way talks on the North&#39;s nuclear weapons program in a third day of meetings focusing on the fate of missing Japanese citizens kidnapped by Northern spies, Japanese officials said.
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A summit between the two nations' leaders is a sign of how Japan's new prime minister is looking beyond the U.S. and embracing its Asian partners
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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&#39;s Foreign Ministry is preparing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea this month, as hopes fade for six-nation talks to take place before November.
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South Korea's top nuclear negotiator left for Japan to discuss ways to break a deadlock in six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, officials said.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Tokyo for two days next weekend to discuss security and trade as well as stalled talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, Japanese officials said on Sunday.
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The Prime Minister vowed to restore Japan's place on the world stage. His resignation may be a sign that domestic concerns will turn the country inward again
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka  Machimura said on Thursday economic sanctions against North  Korea were "one option" but that care was needed in deciding if  Tokyo should take such a step immediately.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit China on October 8 and South Korea the next day for talks with their leaders in a bid to repair ties frayed by disputes over their bitter wartime past, but North Korea's nuclear threat looks set to grab a prominent place on the agenda.
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Senior officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan held talks on Friday aimed at arranging a fresh round of six-party negotiations on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs as doubts grew about the outlook for discussions later this month.
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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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North Korea's top envoy to six-party talks on its nuclear programme has told former U.S. officials Pyongyang wants more than half a million tonnes of fuel oil a year in return for suspending its atomic reactor, a Japanese daily said on Sunday.
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Washington pursuing the talks as a way to resolve the two-year-old nuclear crisis. proceed to launch one of its Rodong missiles. reconnaissance satellites and radio traffic, the Japanese government sources said.
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Senior officials from the United States,  South Korea and Japan held talks on Friday aimed at arranging a  fresh round of six-party negotiations on dismantling North  Korea's nuclear programs as doubts grew about the outlook for  discussions later this month.