Japan urges China to help keep in check North Korea | Reuters
The usual "A foreign head of states pressuring China to do something and Hu Jintao replying that there was nothing China could do about North Korea" dialog in Beijing summit. Hu Jintao has another one scheduled next month.
Japan urges China to help keep in check North Korea
(Reuters) - Japan urged China on Monday to shoulder a big role in ensuring that North Korea avoids volatile moves despite uncertainties created by the death of Pyongyang's leader, Kim Jong-il.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda also nudged Chinese President Hu Jintao to share information about developments in North Korea, where the succession of Kim's youngest son, Kim Jong-un, has fanned speculation about who will really control the secretive one-party state and its nuclear weapons programme.
Constraining North Korea is especially important for Japan, which lies within range of the North's long-range missiles and wants Pyongyang to resolve the visceral issue of the fate of Japanese citizens kidnapped to help train spies decades ago.
The usual "A foreign head of states pressuring China to do something and Hu Jintao replying that there was nothing China could do about North Korea" dialog in Beijing summit. Hu Jintao has another one scheduled next month.