Japan's PM heads to China amid N. Korea worries

BEIJING: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrived in Beijing Sunday on an official visit focused on regional security following the death of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-Il.Ties between the two regional powers have been dogged by economic and territorial disputes, with Japan repeatedly raising concerns over China's widening naval reach in the Pacific and what it calls the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military budget.But Kim's death has shifted the agenda to worries about

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