Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda urged Foreign Ministry officials Wednesday to press North Korea to come up with a date for a further round of bilateral talks.
The move apparently reflects the government's irritation with North Korea over its failure to respond to Japan's request for another meeting in mid- or late March.
The request was submitted on the sidelines of six-way talks concerning Pyongyang's nuclear program in Beijing last month.
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