TOKYO, April 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Senior Japanese and US officials reaffirmed on Thursday that the six-party talks are the best way to resolve issues over the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.

    After talks with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi, US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said that they agreed on the need to get the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) "back to the talks and really to invigorate the process," Kyodo News reported.

    "We're not going to walk away," Hill said. But he was reluctantto set "an artificial deadline" for the resumption of the talks, which were last held in June last year in Beijing.

    Hill also discussed the nuclear issue with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda earlier on Thursday and with Kenichiro Sasae on Wednesday who heads the Japanese team to the six-party talks.

    Three rounds of six-party talks have been held to try to resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. The talks have been stalled since June last year when the DPRK accused the United States of adopting hostile policy toward it. Enditem