Japan, S. Korea, U.S. agree to seek N. Korea pledge on nuke sampl

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Kim Sook, the South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, Akitaka Saiki, who heads the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, talk to reporters after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 3. (Kyodo)