Japanese and North Korean Officials Hold First Talks in Four Years

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The discussions come amid hopes that the North’s new leader could be trying to reduce tensions with Japan and by extension, the United States.http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/642565/s/22dc908a/mf.gif

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