U.S. envoy confident of Japan's role in N. Korea nuclear resolut

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer (R) is in talks with Japanese Defense Agency Director General Fumio Kyuma at the agency on Oct. 20. The ambassador expressed confidence later that Japan will play a ''substantial role'' in implementing the provisions of a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear test. (Kyodo)

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