A U.S. envoy said he had productive discussions with Japanese officials Friday about the crisis on the Korean peninsula, ending a week of meetings in three countries on ending tensions between North and South Korea. Stephen Bosworth, Washington's special envoy for North Korea policy, met with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae for about 30 minutes. He arrived in Tokyo after holding similar talks in Beijing and Seoul. "I think we are talking about and moving forward together in our attempt to address the questions of the Korean peninsula," he told reporters. Bosworth declined to elaborate on the meeting, which was expected to include discussions about six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program. The talks, which involve the two Koreas, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia, have been on hold for nearly two years. On Thursday, Bosworth used similar language to describe his meeting in Beijing with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun, calling their discussion "useful."
