(1)Koizumi does not rule out another trip to N. Korea

(1)Koizumi does not rule out another trip to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, is surrounded by reporters as he enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 6 to brief Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi about talks with North Korea in Beijing on the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents.

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