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Japan, N. Korea hold 2nd day of normalization talks

BEIJING, China - Japanese and North Korean negotiators hold a second day of talks on establishing diplomatic relations at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Oct. 31. Fourth from left on the left side is Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese delegation, and sitting opposite him is North Korea's top negotiator, Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa.

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Japan, N. Korea end 1st session of normalization talks

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador Kojiro Takano (L) and North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa leave the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Oct. 30 after ending the first session of a new round of talks on normalizing diplomatic relations. Japanese and North Korean negotiators met for three hours in the morning and will resume talks later in the day after a break for lunch.

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Japan, N. Korea begin normalization talks

BEIJING, China - Japan and North Korea began a new round of talks on establishing diplomatic ties in Beijing on Oct. 30. Japan is represented by a nine-member delegation headed by Ambassador Kojiro Takano (2nd from R) and North Korea by a seven-member delegation headed by Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (L).

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Japanese team arrives in China for talks with N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Photo shows Ambassador Kojiro Takano, the head of a nine-member Japanese delegation, who arrived in Beijing on Oct. 29 for a new round of talks with North Korea on establishing diplomatic ties between the two countries on Oct. 30-31.

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Japan, N. Korea to hold normalization talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (L) answers questions from Japanese reporters at Beijing's airport on Oct. 28 ahead of talks with Japanese officials on establishing diplomatic ties between the two countries on Oct. 30-31 in the Chinese capital. Japan's negotiating team will be headed by Ambassador Kojiro Takano.

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Japan, N. Korea end talks on establishing ties

KISARAZU, Japan - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (R), who leads his country's delegation in negotiations on establishing bilateral ties with Japan, proposes a toast with Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese side, at a party hosted by North Korea after ending the final day of talks at a hotel in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 24.

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Japan, N. Korea continue talks past schedule

KISARAZU, Japan - Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (L), chief of the North Korean delegation, and Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese team, walk toward the conference room at a local hotel Aug. 24 as they resume talks on normalization of bilateral relations.

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Japan, N. Korea hold final day of talks to establish ties

KISARAZU, Japan - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (L), who leads the country's delegation to negotiations on establishing bilateral ties with Japan, shakes hands with Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese side, prior to their final day of talks at a hotel in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 24.

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Japanese, N. Korean ambassadors share toast at dinner

TOKYO, Japan - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (R), the head of a delegation to normalization talks with Japan, and Japanese Ambassador Kojiro Takano share a toast at a banquet to welcome the North Koreans at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 22. Japanese and North Korean negotiators kicked off their second round of talks the same day on establishing diplomatic ties.

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N. Korean negotiators arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - A North Korean delegation led by Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (R) arrived in Japan on Aug. 21 for a second round of negotiations on establishing diplomatic ties. The delegation was welcomed at Narita airport by Kojiro Takano (L), ambassador in charge of normalization talks, who will head the Japanese team. The two sides will hold two plenary negotiations -- on Aug. 22 in Tokyo and on Aug. 24 in Kisarazu in the adjacent prefecture of Chiba.

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Japan, N. Korea kick off talks on diplomatic ties

TOKYO, Japan - Kojiro Takano (L), Japan's chief envoy for negotiations with North Korea on establishing diplomatic ties, and Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa, who leads the North Korean delegation, shake hands at the outset of the talks in Tokyo on Aug. 22. On Aug. 24, the two sides will move to Kisarazu in neighboring Chiba Prefecture for the second day of talks.

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Japan hints at offering economic aid to N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese Ambassador Kojiro Takano, the chief negotiator for establishing diplomatic ties with North Korea, looks embarrassed in a Pyongyang hotel April 7 as conflicting views surfaced over what both sides called an agreement aimed at settling ''past'' problems.

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Japan, N. Korea delegates have a breather

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kojiro Takano (L), chief Japanese delegate to Japan-North Korea diplomatic talks, and his North Korean counterpart Jong Thae Hwa (R) pose for pictures during a one-day sightseeing excursion to Mt. Myohyang, northeast of Pyongyang, on April 6.

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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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Japan mission arrives in Pyongyang for normalization talks

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kojiro Takano (L), Japan's ambassador in charge of negotiations with North Korea, shakes hands with a member of a North Korean welcoming delegation at Pyongyang airport on April 4. Takano arrived in Pyongyang at the head of a delegation for talks with North Korea on establishing diplomatic ties.

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