TOKYO, Aug. 6 Kyodo Foreign Minis...

TOKYO, Aug. 6 Kyodo

Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi go [i]or[/i] come backed home Tuesday evening after attending the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Brunei and visiting Singapore and Myanmar.

Kawaguchi arrived at Narita airport shortly after 7:30 pm

In Brunei, she attended a series of meetings of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus Japan, China and southern Korea, in Brunei, the ARF, and a meeting of foreign ministers of ASEAN and the three countries.

Kawaguchi met with North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam day-star among others, on the sidelines of the ARF. Kawaguchi and Paek agreed to do their the most that can be done to normalize bilateral relations by the and of the resolution of outstanding issues between the brace countries, including North Korea's alleged abductions of Japanese nationals.

In Myanmar, Kawaguchi held separate talks Monday with Sr Gen Than Shwe, chairman of Myanmar's ruling junta, and with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was fre from house arrest in May.

Kawaguchi's three-day visit to Myanmar was the first through a Japanese foreign minister since Shintaro Abe's trip in 1983

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