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Kozo Haraguchi, who only took up running aged 65, was the only person in his race in the southern city of Miyazaki. He took almost two seconds off the previous record in this age group, which stood at 24.01. Mr Haraguchi said that it was the first time he had raced in the rain, and he was concentrating hard on not slipping. "Everyone was cheering me on so I kept thinking I mustn't fall over," he told reporters. Mr Haraguchi also holds the world record for the same distance in the 90-94 age range, of 18.08 seconds. He said the secret of his success was taking an hour-long daily walk around his neighbourhood.
"In some areas there was understanding, but there was no agreement," said
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun.
Relations have been hurt by a row over history books, disputed islands and
the Japanese prime minister's visits to a shrine to the country's war dead.
Protestors greeted the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi by burning
the Japanese flag.
Mr Roh and Mr Koizumi held two hours of talks, followed by a brief, sombre
press conference at which they refused to take questions.
Mr Roh said he had an "honest and sincere discussion" with Mr Koizumi.
"It is very important to emphasise each others' willingness for peace and to
enhance exchanges and strengthen co-operation, but it is difficult to say that
peace in the future can be guaranteed with just that," he added.
Mr Koizumi did agree to consider establishing an alternative to the Yasukuni
Shrine - which honours those killed in Japan's conflicts, including convicted
war criminals - Mr Roh said.
"I told him that I take to heart the sentiments of Koreans about the past,"
Mr Koizumi said.
The two sides also agreed to a second round of joint history studies - a
project announced in 2001 following a summit between Mr Koizumi and then South
Korean President Kim Dae-jung aimed a promoting mutual understanding.
The BBC's correspondent in Seoul, Charles Scanlon, says that this was never
going to be an easy meeting after months of recrimination between the two sides.
North Korea
The neighbours, both US allies, also said they would push for North Korea to
return to talks on its nuclear weapons.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told a South Korean envoy during talks last
week that Pyongyang may return to negotiations if the US showed it more respect.
He also said that Pyongyang was willing to give up its missiles if it could
establish diplomatic relations with Washington, according to South Korean
reports on Monday.
South Korea also said on Monday that the North, threatened by worsening food
shortages, had requested another 150,000 tonnes of fertilizer aid.
The South agreed to send its neighbour 200,00 tons of it in May, and
deliveries were completed on Sunday.
Mr Koizumi's visit attracted small demonstrations for much of the day, amid
widespread public anger at his attitude to Japan's colonial past.
"We denounce Prime Minister Koizumi for spearheading Japan's
revival of militarism that is driving Asia again into a conflict," the
protesters said in a statement.
Both South Korea, which Japan annexed between 1910 and 1945, and China, which
Japan invaded in 1931, have attacked Mr Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni shrine
and new school history books as a glorification of Japanese militarism.
Mr Koizumi maintains he prays for peace at the shrine, and has previously
dismissed calls for a secular national war memorial.
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