Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri arrived in Japan on Monday on a three-day visit for talks expected to touch on nuclear non-proliferation. Kasuri soon after his arrival met Shoichi Nakagawa, Japan's economy, trade and industry minister, who visited Pakistan last month and announced a resumption of yen loans. Kasuri was due to hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Tuesday.

The Japanese foreign ministry said the fight against terrorism and nuclear non-proliferation would be key issues during the visit.

Japan, which had been Pakistan's biggest bilateral aid donor, suspended yen loans in May 1998 after Pakistan and India carried out nuclear tests. But agreed last month to resume yen loans to Pakistan, a frontline ally in the US-led "war on terrorism."

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