Japan, N. Korea agree on normalization efforts

Japan, N. Korea agree on normalization efforts

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kojiro Takano (R), who leads the Japanese delegation at talks with North Korea on normalizing diplomatic ties, and Jong Thae Hwa, who heads the North Korean side at the talks, pose for photographers at a welcome banquet for the Japanese officials in Pyongyang on April 4. Senior-level negotiations are being held for the first time since such talks collapsed in 1992.

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