North Korea says summit with Japan is off unless Tokyo drops ‘its anachronistic’ ways

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says that a summit between her brother and Japanese Prime Minister ...
Devdiscourse

Japan-North Korea Summit Standoff: Anachronisms and Diplomatic Stalemates

Kim Yo Jong, powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, declared Japan's stance as 'anachronistic,' opposing a summit between Kim and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Kim's comments ...
The Diplomat

How Will Japan’s New Leader Approach the North Korea Problem?

Like her predecessors, Takaichi has offered a summit to resolve the abductees issue. North Korea is unlikely to be interested. U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae ...
CNN

With a new leader – and Trump in town – Japanese families whose loved ones were abducted by North Korea have fresh hope

For the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago, this week is perhaps the best shot they’ve had in years of substantive progress. Not only does Japan have a new prime ...
CNN

Japan’s new leader Takaichi says she wants to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she wants to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – something no Japanese leader has done in more than 20 years. “We have already conveyed ...
Human Rights Watch

Japan Court Finds North Korea No ‘Paradise on Earth’

In a January 26 ruling, a Japanese district court held the North Korean government liable for grave human rights violations against Koreans and Japanese citizens lured to North Korea through its ...