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(12 Jul 2005) SHOTLIST 1. US delegation stands up as Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks into room 2. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shakes hands with Koizumi 3. Koizumi introduced to US delegation 4. Koizumi and Rice in photo op 5. Cameras 6. Various of Koizumi and Rice sitting down in photo op 7. Rice and Hiroyuki Hosoda, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary shaking hands 8. US delegation and Japanese delegation sitting for talks STORYLINE US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss the North Korean nuclear issue and the divide over UN Security Council reform. The upcoming six-party talks on North Korean disarmament will fail unless the communist state makes a commitment to abandon its nuclear weapons, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday. Rice made the comment at an earlier meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura in Tokyo. Six-way talks will resume later this month after a 13-month hiatus, Japanese government officials said. They also involve China, North and South Korea and Russia. Rice also met Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda on Tuesday who said he believed three way talks between Japan, US and South Korea should go ahead "as soon as possible", possibly even by the weekend. North Korea announced over the weekend that it would end its yearlong boycott of the six-party talks on its nuclear weapons programmes. Hosoda also said that UN reform would be a key agenda during talks with Rice. Japan is seeking a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. At present, only five countries have such seats: the United States, China, Russia, France and Britain. Hosoda said he would explain Japan's stance and appeal to Rice that "we are making our utmost effort for the UN reforms." Earlier, Machimura was also expected to ask Rice to support a joint proposal by Brazil, Germany, India and Japan to enlarge the UN Security Council by adding six new permanent members and four non-permanent members. Rice is unlikely to support the proposal. Washington has already clarified its policy of seeking a smaller increase in the Security Council, with the addition of "two or so" countries, including Japan, for permanent seats and another two or three countries for non-permanent ones. The Secretary of State was also expected to urge Japan to lift a ban on American beef imports, which has been in place since December 2003, at an early date, the officials said. Machimura and Rice are also likely to take up the issue of the planned realignment of US forces in Japan, they said. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...