Japan impasse no obstacle to US-NKorea talks: official
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The abrupt end to normalization talks between Japan and nuclear-armed North Korea is not expected to hamper Washington's own negotiations to establish diplomatic ties with the Stalinist state, a US State Department official said Friday.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made the pledge after talks with visiting South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun. The Japanese government is under pressure to impose sanctions over a row concerning kidnapped Japanese.
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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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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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Japan stood by its refusal to give aid to North Korea on Tuesday unless Pyongyang settles a feud over Japanese kidnapped decades ago, adding a new twist to this week's talks on ending the North's nuclear arms program.
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Japan and North Korea salvaged their first diplomatic talks in more than a year on Wednesday after negotiations were suspended over discord about Pyongyang's abduction of Japanese citizens.
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December 18, 2004 ã¡ KAGOSHIMA, Japan â At a press conference here after a summit meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, President Roh Moo-hyun said that South Korea would not oppose Tokyo taking punitive economic measures against
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The United States, Japan and South Korea agreed on Friday to try to arrange a fresh round of six-party talks this month on dismantling North Korea&#39;s nuclear
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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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North Korea declined a request to resume talks aimed at persuading the communist nation to abandon its nuclear weapons program, Japan&#39;s government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said.
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This week's talks between Japan and North  Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party  negotiations on the North's nuclear program are gathering pace,  South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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Japanese and North Korean diplomats met  on Tuesday to smooth the way toward improving relations, but  Tokyo said it would not establish ties until the issue of its  citizens abducted by Pyongyang was resolved.
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Japan and North Korea will hold talks on establishing diplomatic relations next week in Ulan Bator, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said on Tuesday. The two-day talks from September 5 will be held as part of a six-country deal to scrap Pyongyang's nuclear arms programmes in exchange for aid and diplomatic recognition.
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TOKYO Secretary of State Colin Powell says North Korea should set aside concerns about so-called &quot;hostile acts&quot; by the US and rejoin nuclear disarmament talks.
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The United States, Japan and South Korea  agreed on Friday to try to arrange a fresh round of six-party  talks this month on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs  despite growing concerns it might be tough to do so.
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Japan should consider economic sanctions against North Korea if talks with the nation on abductions of Japanese citizens end without making progress, said ruling party official Shinzo Abe.
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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.