Japan's top negotiator Kenichiro Sasae arrived in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon to participate in a meeting which gathers chief delegates to the six-party talks.

The two-day meeting of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue is expected to start in Beijing on July 18, during which the chief delegates are expected to discuss issues related to the initial actions for denuclearization and explore arrangements of steps that will follow.

(Xinhua News Agency July 17, 2007)