(2)Koizumi briefed on talks with N. Korea

(2)Koizumi briefed on talks with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Foreign Minister Hitoshi Tanaka leaves a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 15 after briefing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the results of negotiations with North Korean officials to settle the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by that country. Tanaka and Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, returned from Pyongyang the previous day after their talks.

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