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North Korea talks to include abductions, but discussion likely to be drawn out

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

2012/09/02

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photoRyu Song Il, a North Korean Foreign Ministry official dealing with Japan affairs, gets off a car in the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 31. (Teruo Kashiyama)

Japan's government has welcomed the prospect of further talks with North Korea, after initial discussions this week ended a four-year silence between the reclusive communist nation and the former occupier of the Korean Peninsula.

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