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North Korea and Japan are set to meet for two days of Red Cross talks in the northeastern
Chinese city of Shenyang starting on this Wednesday.
The North's return of the remains of Japanese nationals from the end of World War Two will
top the agenda at the dialogue, which follows up on a previous round of talks earlier this
month. But more attention lies over an informal meeting
between foreign ministry officials from the two sides.
Japan will likely demand an investigation into North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens
in the 1970s and 80s. Pyongyang is expected to ask Tokyo to ease
sanctions on the regime. Amid signs of thawing relations, North Korea
and Japan reopened dialogue two weeks ago, for the first time in more than one year.