North and South Korea have agreed to hold a summit of their leaders on April 27th.
The Japanese government is arranging a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump to exchange views on North Korea.
The White House has responded positively to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's surprise visit to China and his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Key words : north hold a summit agreement
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North and South Korea have agreed to hold a summit of their leaders on April 27th.
The agreement came at a ministerial-level inter-Korean meeting held on Thursday at a facility on the North Korean side of the border truce village of Panmunjom.
According to a joint news statement issued after the meeting, officials agreed that South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet at a South Korean facility in Panmunjom.
It will be the third inter-Korean summit and the first in over a decade.
The officials also agreed to hold working-level talks next Wednesday in Panmunjom to discuss matters such as protocol and security for the summit.
At Thursday's meeting, South Korea's delegation was led by Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon. North Korea's delegation was led by Ri Son Gwon, the head of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea.
South Korean presidential spokesperson Kim Eui-kyeom said South Korea hopes to make the forthcoming summit an epoch-making turning point to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula.
Key words : arranging Abe
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The Japanese government is arranging a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump to exchange views on recent developments involving North Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a surprise visit to Beijing earlier this week for his first summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Kim is set to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in next month, and is expected to meet Trump after that.
Abe said the Japanese government has been gathering and analyzing information on the meeting in Beijing with grave interest. He added the government will also seek a briefing from China.
Japan hopes to have Abe meet Trump on April 18th in Florida to reaffirm the close Japan-US partnership ahead of the first-ever US-North Korea summit. This will be Abe's sixth meeting with Trump.
He plans to confirm their earlier agreement to maximize pressure on North Korea until the country gives up its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner.
Abe will also seek US cooperation in resolving the abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea, and exemption of Japan from steep tariffs on steel imports by the US.
Key words : Kono stressed keep up
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Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono has stressed the need to keep up pressure on North Korea until the country takes concrete actions to denuclearize.
His remarks were made in connection with a surprise summit between North Korea and China held in Beijing earlier this week.
Kono was speaking on Thursday at the Upper House Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
Kono said North Korea has not publicly announced its intention toward denuclearization, and that activity continues at its nuclear-related facilities. He said there is still a need to keep close watch on the situation.
Kono was also asked about the possibility of a summit between Japan and North Korea and a resumption of the six-party talks on the North's nuclear program.
The foreign minister said Japan will observe the outcome of the North's summits with the South and the US, and consider how best to resolve the North's nuclear and missile issues as well as abduction of Japanese nationals.
Asked when the government learned of the summit between the leaders of China and North Korea, Kono said Japan shares intelligence with the US and South Korea. He said the government does not make public what kind of information it received and when.
Key words : white positively
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The White House has responded positively to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's surprise visit to China and his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said at a press briefing on Wednesday that the United States feels things are moving in the right direction.
Sanders said Kim left his country for the first time since becoming the leader of North Korea, and the United States considers that to be a positive sign that the maximum pressure campaign has been working.
The United States and its allies have been spearheading efforts to put pressure on Pyongyang to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
As for the circumstances allowing a US-North Korea summit to take place by the end of May, Sanders stressed the need for the North to deliver on its announced commitment to halting nuclear and missile tests.
Earlier, Trump showed expectations for a planned US-North Korea summit by tweeting that he received a message from Xi that Kim looks forward to a meeting of the two leaders.
Key words : Bach preparation
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach is starting a visit to North Korea.
Bach flew into an airport in Beijing on Thursday afternoon and left for Pyongyang later in the day.
At the airport, he told reporters that he will discuss North Korean athletes' preparations for future Olympics, including the Tokyo Games in 2020 and the Beijing Winter Games in 2022.
Bach said last month that he was making arrangements to visit North Korea after the PyeongChang Winter Games. He said he was invited by the country's Olympic committee.
Bach's visit comes after the IOC successfully helped with reconciliatory moves between North and South Korea at the PyeongChang Games.
Bach apparently hopes to make the IOC's presence felt in the international community by visiting Pyongyang before an inter-Korea summit in April, to be followed by a US-North Korea summit.
The North Korean side is believed to be hoping for greater support from the IOC for future Olympics as the country faces international sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs.
Key words : Japan Sugiyama
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Japan's new ambassador to the United States says Japan will seek US cooperation in resolving the abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea.
Shinsuke Sugiyama formally assumed the position on Wednesday by handing a letter of credence to President Donald Trump at the White House.
In his first news conference as Japan's envoy to Washington, Sugiyama said he was warmly received by Trump.
He said he thinks Japan-US relations are at their best and that his role as ambassador is to maintain and strengthen them.
In reference to the planned summit meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Trump, Sugiyama said recent developments on North Korea will be one of the key issues.
He said resolving the abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea is a top priority for Japan, along with the North's nuclear and missile development. He added Japan will use the opportunity to remind the US side of the importance of the abduction issue.
On the US imposition of steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that included Japan, Sugiyama said the measure is extremely regrettable. He said Japan must work out appropriate ways to respond.
Key words : joint drill
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The number of joint drills conducted by Japan and the US has more than tripled since new Japanese national security laws were implemented 2 years ago.
Thursday marked 2 years since Japan put into force the security laws, which allow the country to exercise the right to collective self-defense in a limited manner.
Since the laws took effect, Japan's Self-Defense Forces have taken on new duties. For example, they have been protecting US naval vessels and aircraft. They have also been supplying fuel to US Aegis destroyers that monitor potential missile launches by North Korea.
The number of joint exercises and US drills involving Self-Defense Forces personnel totaled 65 in fiscal 2017, which ends in March.
That's up more than 3-fold from fiscal 2015, the period immediately before the new laws took effect. The figure doesn't include undisclosed exercises.
The Japanese government says it will strengthen bilateral defense cooperation, through such drills and other measures, in view of North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs and China's increasing maritime activities.
Key words : Insight Abe scandal
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Key words : Akihito martial arts
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Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko viewed a karate demonstration in the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa on Thursday. The martial art originated in the prefecture.
On the third day of their tour of Okinawa, the Emperor and Empress visited the Okinawa Karate Kaikan, a facility that opened last year on the prefecture's main island.
Karate has been chosen as an Olympic sport for the 2020 Games in Tokyo. The local government built the facility to help spread the martial art.
A local official who showed the Imperial couple around the facility explained the origin of karate.
The official said karate developed from an ancient Ryukyu Kingdom fighting style called "te," meaning hand, which was mixed with martial arts from China and Japan's mainland.
The Imperial couple later viewed karate practitioners perform "kata," or patterns of movement. Some of the practitioners, now in their 70s and 80s, have been named intangible cultural assets by the prefecture.
The Emperor and Empress applauded their performances enthusiastically.
Afterward, the Emperor walked over to them and said he hopes they will continue to contribute to karate's development.
The Imperial couple is scheduled to return to Tokyo Thursday evening.
Key words : utility vehicle
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New versions of sports utility vehicles or SUVs are receiving much of the attention in the New York International Auto Show.
The event opened on Wednesday, featuring more than 40 makers and brands from around the world.
Toyota unveiled its new version of one of its compact SUVs which was also the most popular model in the US last year.
The maker says this new version offers an improved performance and better fuel efficiency.
Acura, Subaru, and Volkswagen are also showcasing their SUVs for the US market.
Meanwhile, Nissan unveiled its newly designed best-selling sedan.
Looking at the whole US market, new vehicle sales fell last year for the first time in 8 years, as fewer owners replaced their existing cars.
Auto analysts say manufacturers are aiming to maintain sales of existing models, rather than focusing on state-of-the-art concept cars.
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