An adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe secretly visited the northeastern Chinese port city of Dalian, not far from North Korea, for about four days in late October, diplomatic sources said, adding fuel to recent speculation that Tokyo has resumed delicate negotiations with Pyongyang. Given ...
The adviser quarterbacking Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's PR team secretly visited the Chinese port city of Dalian near North Korea for about four days in late October, diplomatic sources said Monday, fueling speculation that Tokyo has resumed delicate talks with Pyongyang. Given that Dalian has ...
Beijing has no plan to hold a summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the near future, the China Daily reported Tuesday, citing a Chinese government official who dismissed recent remarks by a close Abe adviser on a possible ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's close campaign adviser, Isao Iijima, said Sunday that he believes Japan and China might hold summit talks soon. "I think a summit will be held in the not-so-distant future," Iijima said in a speech in his hometown of Tatsuno in Nagano ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's adviser called on North Korea during his visit last week to set a "deadline" in bilateral talks aimed at resolving the thorny issue of the abductions of Japanese.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an aide, Mr. Isao Iijima — a former secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi — to North Korea last week in an effort to make progress on unresolved bilateral issues, including the past abduction of Japanese nationals by North ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday he is ready to promote talks with North Korea to resolve the abduction issue after Pyongyang blew the lid off of what was supposed to be a secret trip by one of his closest advisers. "I hope I can ...
The government is keeping mum on a secret visit to North Korea by one of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's advisers after Pyongyang revealed it to the United States and South Korea. We "can't reasonably explain" the visit because it was supposed to be kept secret, ...
During his surprise visit to Pyongyang, Isao Iijima, a special advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, explained to officials there that Tokyo continues to seek "comprehensive solutions" to the North's abductions of Japanese and to its nuclear arms and missile threats, a source said ...
Japan briefs the United States about the surprise visit to North Korea by an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Tokyo authorized and is in charge of the surprise trip to Pyongyang by special adviser Isao Iijima, a senior government official indicated Wednesday, while Cabinet members all remained tight-lipped in public amid speculation the government hopes to resume direct talks with North Korea to ...
