North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister said Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has requested a summit with her brother, adding a meeting was unlikely without a policy shift by Tokyo.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister said Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has requested a summit with her brother, adding a meeting was unlikely without a policy shift by Tokyo.
Last year, Kishida said he was willing to meet Kim “without any conditions,” saying Tokyo was willing to resolve all issues, including the abduction by North Korean agents of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s, which remains an emotive issue in Japan. She warned that were Japan to remain “engrossed in the abduction issue that has no further settlement” then Kishida’s hopes of improving ties would not materialise.
The abductions remain a potent and emotional issue in Japan and suspicions persist that many more were abducted than have been officially recognised. The question “is whether Kishida can convince the Japanese public that Japan-North Korea relations are very important,” to the extent that it is necessary to make some concessions to improve bilateral ties.
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