nuclear stance, Japan and South Korea can drive North Korea to give up its nuclear programs," the national Asahi newspaper said, in an editorial. Trade is one area Tokyo and Seoul want to expand, and the two sides have agreed to work out a free-trade deal by 2005. Japan is now South Korea's third-biggest trading partner, with two-way shipments valued at US$54 billion (euro40.3 billion) in 2003.
