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Akira Amari, Japan's state minister of economic revitalisation, attends a session of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at the Swiss resort of Davos, on January 26, 2013. Amari on Sunday defended a surprise visit to North Korea by one of the prime minister's aides which Washington and Seoul said could not help efforts to forge a united front against Pyongyang

Akira Amari, Japan's state minister of economic revitalisation, attends a session of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at the Swiss resort of Davos, on January 26, 2013. Amari on Sunday defended a surprise visit to North Korea by one of the prime minister's aides which Washington and Seoul said could not help efforts to forge a united front against Pyongyang