Diet members' group discusses plan for N. Korea visit

Diet members' group discusses plan for N. Korea visit

A nonpartisan group of Japanese Diet members planning to visit North Korea holds its first preparatory discussion at the parliamentarians' hall in Tokyo on April 20. Among the group members were former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (2nd from R) of the opposition Social Democratic Party and Masaaki Nakayama of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The delegation led by Murayama is scheduled to visit North Korea after the Golden Week holidays which end early May.

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