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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday it is too early to discuss the possibility of his visiting North Korea, following Pyongyang's recent promise to reinvestigate the fate of Japanese nationals it abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.

TOKYO, Nov 10, 2014 (AFP) - A 30-minute summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was a "first step" on the road to improving relations between Asia's two largest economies after years of hostility, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday.

Japan hopes for peaceful settlement of Ukraine's crisis, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told a meeting of the cabinet and ruling parties.