Japan considers resuming talks with North Korea: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan’s prime minister, the Asahi Shimbun and other newspapers said on Wednesday. Such talks, intended to discuss North Korea’s abduction of Japanese citizens decades ago and other issues, were last held in November 2012, but have been halted due to the North’s missile launch in December and nuclear test in February. …



