North Korea may begin making contact with Japan, sources close to the matter suggested Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed willingness to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "without conditions." North Korea has criticized Abe for using the ...
North Korean authorities have given no public indication of any willingness to meet Abe.
Japan softens tone on North Korea and Russia in foreign policy report as Abe pursues deals
Tokyo removed a reference to applying “maximum pressure” on Pyongyang and stopped short of explicitly claiming ownership of the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido.
Japan extends sanctions on North Korea by two years over abductions and nuclear weapons
Japan decided Tuesday to extend its sanctions against North Korea for two years, maintaining pressure on Pyongyang to denuclearize and resolve its past abductions of Japanese nationals. The sanctions approved for extension by the Cabinet before they expire on Saturday impose a total ban on ...
Japan's top government spokesman eyes U.S. trip in May to raise abduction issue
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga may visit the United States early next month to seek support for resolving the long-standing issue of Japanese who were abducted by North Korea, government sources have said. The trip, possibly from May 9 to 12, will be a rare ...
Japan will not take part in the submission of a draft joint resolution at the U.N. condemning North Korea’s human rights abuses in bid to get it to hold talks.
Abe says he is willing to meet Kim Jong Un to settle issue of Japanese abducted to North Korea
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he is willing to hold direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to break a deadlock over the abduction issue. "I have to meet face-to-face with Chairman Kim Jong Un to resolve this issue," Abe said at ...
For Japan, 'no deal' at Kim-Trump summit beats a bad deal with concessions to nuclear North Korea
At a glance, this week's Kim-Trump summit meeting in Hanoi, held to foster progress toward the denuclearization of North Korea, generated few tangible victories — despite U.S. President Donald Trump's boasts of the "tremendous" achievements he had expected. The two leaders didn't sign any joint ...
Abductees' kin disappointed with lack of progress at Trump-Kim summit
Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents expressed disappointment Thursday with the apparent lack of progress on the decades-old issue during a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and the North's leader, Kim Jong Un. Following a telephone conversation with Trump when he ...
In phone talks, Abe and Trump agree to work together to resolve North Korea abductions issue
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to cooperate in addressing issues linked to North Korea, including past abductions of Japanese citizens, before Trump meets with the North's leader Kim Jong Un next week. "We firmly and closely coordinated our policies ...
Ahead of North Korean summit, Abe vows to coordinate with Trump on abductions issue
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he will closely coordinate with President Donald Trump on efforts to settle the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea ahead of the second summit between the U.S. leader and Kim Jong Un, set for next ...
In their first message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un since their group formed in 1997, families of Japanese nationals abducted to the country decades ago said they do not oppose the normalization of diplomatic ties if abductees are immediately returned home. In the ...
