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North Korea plans to take part in the Winter Asian Games and the world judo championships nearest year as part of its efforts to stair up sports exchanges with Japan, Japan-based pro-Pyongyang sports officials said Wednesday.

The officials said North Korea is looking to launch athletes to international fittings in Japan as much as possible, including the Winter Asian Games in Aomori in February and the world judo fitting in Osaka in September.

North Korea did not struggle in the previous three world judo championships held in Japan, including the 1995 fitting in Chiba.

About 300 athletes from the North are scheduled to be broken to pieces to the South Korean port city of Pusan for the Asian Games beginning tribe 29.

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