The White House says US President Donald Trump's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set for 9 AM, Singapore time, on June 12th.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary says Japan will send officials to Singapore for intelligence gathering at the first ever US-North Korea summit.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has instructed cabinet ministers to quickly draw up measures to prevent the mishandling of official documents.
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The White House says US President Donald Trump's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set for 9 AM, Singapore time, on June 12th.
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders made the announcement to reporters on Monday.
She said US officials who are in Singapore to prepare for the Trump-Kim summit will stay in the country until the talks take place.
Sanders also revealed that delegations from both countries are continuing diplomatic negotiations at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone between the 2 Koreas.
She said that things are continuing to move forward and good progress has been made.
She made clear that the focal point of the meeting will be denuclearization and that President Trump will convey his position directly to Kim.
Last week, Trump said he no longer wants to use the term "maximum pressure" in relation to the North. But, Sanders said the United States would not remove tough sanctions unless North Korea denuclearized.
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NHK has learned that the United States balked at including the term "maximum pressure" on North Korea in a trilateral defense statement with Japan and South Korea.
The statement was issued after a meeting of defense chiefs of the 3 countries held in Singapore on Sunday.
The document expressed support for diplomatic efforts toward denuclearizing North Korea but omitted the term "maximum pressure" which was included in the previous joint statement in October.
NHK learned from defense ministry officials that the US side expressed reservations at Japan's request that the word "pressure" be used in the statement.
Before the meeting, US President Donald Trump said he no longer wants to use the term "maximum pressure" in relation to North Korea.
The defense chiefs eventually agreed to instead note the need for "continued implementation of UN Security Council resolutions against Pyongyang and vigilance against smuggling of goods on the high seas by North Korean vessels.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says Japan will send officials to Singapore for intelligence gathering at the first ever US-North Korea summit.
Suga spoke to reporters about the summit meeting, which is scheduled for next Tuesday.
He said Japan will closely coordinate its policies with the US government with regard to the summit talks.
Suga suggested the meeting should help settle issues of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs as well as its abductions of Japanese nationals.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono is planning to visit Seoul to meet his US and South Korean counterparts one day after the US-North Korea summit.
Kono is arranging his visit for 2 days from June 13th.
Kono hopes to be briefed by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the first meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scheduled on the 12th.
Kono also plans to hold a foreign ministerial meeting with the US and South Korea to discuss coordinated action to denuclearize North Korea and solve the issue of Japanese abductees.
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North Korea is likely studying how to handle its first-ever summit with the United States, following a recent visit there by a close aide of the North's leader Kim Jong Un.
Vice Chairman Kim Yong Chol of the ruling Workers' Party returned to Pyongyang on Monday. But North Korea's state-run media have not reported on the visit or his meeting with US President Donald Trump.
Kim Jong Un is scheduled to meet Trump in Singapore next Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the party's newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Tuesday ran a commentary on the North's shutdown of a nuclear test site last month.
The paper described the closure as proof of the North's firm commitment to aiming for a nuclear-free world, suggesting the country's willingness to talk with the US.
The North's state-run media also reported on Tuesday that a massive rally was held to promote the completion of a tourist zone in the eastern coastal city of Wonsan.
North Korea has been saying since April that the country is working to rebuild its economy now that it has completed its nuclear development.
Observers say the North is emphasizing economic efforts with an eye to having international sanctions eased.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has instructed cabinet ministers to quickly draw up measures to prevent the mishandling of official documents.
At a meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday, Abe expressed regret over a series of incidents that have damaged public trust in the government.
They include the Finance Ministry's falsification and discarding of documents related to a controversial land deal with private school operator Moritomo Gakuen.
The Defense Ministry has also come under fire for its failure to promptly report the discovery of Ground Self-Defense Force activity logs in Iraq. The ministry initially said the logs no longer existed.
Abe told the ministers to take practical steps to make sure government workers comply with laws and regulations. He also called for the broader use of digital files.
Government officials will draw up specific measures in about a month. They plan to clarify the extent to which ministries can revise their in-house documents lawfully.
Another plan is to appoint a bureau-chief-level administrator at the Cabinet Office to oversee the handling of documents at all ministries and agencies.
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters that he will implement measures to prevent a recurrence of the activity log scandal, and work hard to restore public trust in the ministry.
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A group of legal experts has asked an inquest panel to review a decision by prosecutors not to indict former and current government officials over a land-sale scandal in western Japan.
A citizens' group, that includes lawyers and university professors, filed the request with the panel's office at the Osaka District Court on Tuesday.
The case involves a decision last month by Osaka prosecutors not to prosecute 38 people including former and current government officials.
They were allegedly involved in the sale of government land, at a reduced price, to Moritomo Gakuen, a school operator. They also allegedly altered documents regarding the sale at the Finance Ministry.
The legal experts say an attempt was made to use the fact that waste was buried in the land to justify the discount.
They say that constitutes a breach of trust by the official in charge of the Finance Ministry's regional bureau.
They also referred to the removal of the names of politicians and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife from sanctioned ministry documents. They said former Financial Bureau Chief Nobuhisa Sagawa should be charged for forging public documents.
One of the lawyers told reporters that the truth will not be revealed if no one is indicted.
A citizens' group in Tokyo took similar action on Monday.
The inquest panel is expected to examine the case and determine whether the prosecutors' decision was appropriate.
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People in Hong Kong have gathered for an annual memorial service for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
Organizers say about 115,000 people turned out on Monday for this year's gathering to mark the 29th anniversary of the incident. That's 5,000 more than last year.
Participants lit candles in memory of the victims of the fatal crackdown on pro-democracy activists, many of whom were students.
The demonstrators demanded that the Chinese government re-evaluate the incident, which it says left 319 people dead.
Critics say the number was far larger.
The organizers displayed a bust of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo at the rally. Liu was a symbol of the pro-democracy movement in the country. He died last year.
The demonstrators protested against the Chinese authorities' continued surveillance of his widow, Liu Xia, and called for her release from house arrest.
They also criticized what they see as an intensifying crackdown on human rights lawyers in mainland China, as President Xi Jinping moves to solidify his one-person rule.
A 61-year-old participant said that people in Hong Kong need to make their voices heard in the international community about the deterioration of human rights and democracy in China.
About 100 people also held a rally in the Taiwanese city of Taipei on Monday night to remember the victims of the incident.
Wu Renhua, a former university lecturer, told the crowd what he saw when he joined the student-led protest on June 4th 29 years ago. Wu now lives in exile in the United States.
Wu said more than 200,000 troops were mobilized against the protest. He said troops fired at crowds randomly and tanks charged into them. He said children and medical staff giving first aid were among those killed.
Wu emphasized that the impact of Tiananmen continues. He said Chinese authorities still threaten veterans of the protest at home and abroad. He called on people at the rally to stand up and continue saying "no" to the Chinese government and Communist Party.
A man in his 20s said people in Taiwan need to sustain interest in how Chinese authorities persecute dissidents. Otherwise, he said Taiwan could lose its democracy just like what is happening in Hong Kong.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivered a message to people in mainland China on her Facebook page, using simplified Chinese characters.
She wrote that China is haunted by the 1989 tragedy. But she said it can be turned into a foundation to move toward a society that embraces freedom and democracy if Beijing faces up to history and admits using state violence on its citizens.
Tsai said she hopes the universal values of freedom and democracy can be enjoyed by people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
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Japan's Prince and Princess Akishino are in Hawaii to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants on the islands 150 years ago.
Prince Akishino, the younger son of Emperor Akihito, and his wife arrived in Honolulu on Monday.
They braved rain to lay a wreath and pray for fallen soldiers at the National Cemetery of the Pacific.
The couple then visited a cemetery for Japanese immigrants and laid a wreath at a monument.
Prince Akishino approached a group of local Japanese-Americans and thanked them for keeping the cemetery in good condition.
The couple was greeted by about 200 descendants of the first immigrants as they arrived at Hawaii's largest museum.
They attended the opening of an exhibit on the history of Japanese immigration and took part in a traditional Hawaiian ritual.
The couple was then guided through a display of daily items used by the immigrants.
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