Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will make a landmark one-day visit to Pyongyang Sept. 17 for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the government announced Friday.
It will be the first visit to North Korea by Japanese prime minister and the first time that the two countries will hold summit talks since North Korea was created following Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
The North Korean official media also confirmed that Koizumi will visit the country.