Japan and the United States plan to resume bilateral deregulation talks in Tokyo on July 10 in a last-ditch effort to resolve their telecommunications row before July's Group of Eight summit in Okinawa, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday.
The two sides will hold working-level talks to be followed by discussions on the vice-ministerial level, the official said.
Japan is expected to explain domestic developments, such as the performance of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.'s two regional carriers, since the previous round of bilateral negotiations collapsed in March, the official said.