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    BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Kenichiro Sasae, chief Japanese negotiator to the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, arrived in Beijing Friday evening.

    Sasae, who is director-general for Asian and Oceanian Affairs of Japanese Foreign Ministry, is to attend the working group meeting on the denuclearization of Korean Peninsula and the six round of six-party talks.