Japan Welcomes DPRK's Softening Stance on Nuclear Issue

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Japan Welcomes DPRK's Softening Stance on Nuclear Issue

Japan welcomed on Monday the latest remarks of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.

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Japan welcomed on Monday the latest remarks of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.

"It's a good sign... It's going in a favorable direction," Kyodo quoted Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda as saying, adding that the Japanese government was keeping close watch on DPRK's moves ahead.

A DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Saturday that the DPRK would not stick to any particular dialogue form for resolving the nuclear issue if the United States dropped its anti-DPRK policy.

"If the US is ready to make a bold switchover in its Korea policy for a settlement of the nuclear issue, the DPRK will not stick to any particular dialogue format," the spokesman was cited by the official Korean Central News Agency as saying.

However, the spokesman reiterated Pyongyang's opposition to internationalize the nuclear issue.

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