UN Chief Urges Japan to Improve Ties with NK

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Japan to improve relations with North Korea. 

Ban made the call during a press conference held after he met with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada in Tokyo on Tuesday. 

Ban said that in order to establish peace and stability in Northeast Asia, Japan must improve ties with North Korea and approach the matter sincerely. 

Ban also called for Tokyo’s cooperation in resuming the stalled six-way nuclear talks. 

Ban arrived in Japan on Tuesday to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two cities on which the U.S. dropped atomic bombs 65 years ago. 

He will meet with Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday.