Hill will arrive in Tokyo later in the day and is expected to continue to South Korea where he will join US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a US embassy official said.
Hill, the chief US delegate in stalled six-nation talks on ending North Korea's nuclear drive, will meet later on Monday with his Japanese counterpart Kenichiro Sasae, a Japanese foreign ministry official said.

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