Japan's foreign ministry has announced that North Korea and Japan will hold red cross talks in Pyongyang on August 18th and 19th. A public relations official in the Japanese Foreign Ministry said a Director of international department at Japan's Red Cross will attend the red cross meeting, representing Japan, along with a foreign ministry official. The two foreign ministers are expected to discuss a wide range of issues including the temporary visit to Japan by the married Japanese women living in the North and the locating the whereabouts of Japanese citizens in the North.