The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea have met in Tokyo for their first 3-way summit in 2-and-a-half years.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met the vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang.
US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and resume its economic sanctions against the country.
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Key words : leaders of met in Tokyo planned
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The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea have met in Tokyo for their first 3-way summit in 2-and-a-half years.
The talks come ahead of the planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a joint news conference after they met in Tokyo on Wednesday morning.
They said they reaffirmed the need to fully implement UN Security Council resolutions to get North Korea to take concrete steps toward denuclearization.
Abe noted to reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had just visited China for a second time.
He said the time is ripe for Japan, China and South Korea to work with the international community for the full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, as well as to establish peace and stability in Northeast Asia.
He said their efforts must generate concrete actions by North Korea.
Abe said he asked Li and Moon for their support and cooperation toward the quick resolution of the abductions issue.
He said the 2 leaders expressed understanding of Japan's position on the matter.
Abe reiterated that Japan is seeking a comprehensive resolution of the abductions, nuclear and missile issues, and aims to normalize relations with the North based on the Pyongyang Declaration of 2002 between the two countries.
Abe said Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to seek 3-way meetings to strengthen cooperation for the building of infrastructure, with a view to all of East Asia.
Li said China welcomes the resolution of the nuclear issue and a return to dialogue.
He said China wants to continue to play a constructive role.
Moon said the 3 leaders reaffirmed that the full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, lasting peace and the improvement of inter-Korean relations are important for peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia.
He said he hopes South Korea, Japan and China will continue to work closely in their exchange of opinions.
Key words : Abe reaffirm following
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have reaffirmed joint efforts to fully denuclearize North Korea.
Abe and Moon met in Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon following their 3-way summit with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Moon is visiting Japan for the first time since taking office.
Abe said the goal of complete, verifiable and irreversible abandonment of all of North Korea's weapons of mass destruction, and all its ballistic missiles, should be firmly upheld.
The 2 leaders welcomed North Korea's closure of its Punggye-ri nuclear test site as a positive step toward denuclearization.
They agreed to work together to urge the North to not only stop nuclear tests, but also to take concrete steps toward complete denuclearization.
Abe thanked Moon for directly conveying to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their summit last month Japan's stance on the abductions of Japanese nationals by the North. Abe and Moon reaffirmed continued efforts to resolve the issue.
Abe welcomed the South Korean government's response to moves to erect a statue symbolizing Koreans requisitioned to work in Japan during World War Two in front of the Japanese Consulate General in Busan.
He also stressed the importance of implementing the 2015 bilateral agreement on those referred to as comfort women.
The 2 leaders agreed to deal appropriately with difficult issues between their countries to develop a future-oriented bilateral relationship.
They also agreed to promote shuttle diplomacy involving mutual visits by the 2 countries' leaders.
Key words : Abe held one-on-one
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a one-on-one meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Tokyo on Wednesday.
They are believed to have discussed efforts to improve bilateral ties and ways to deal with North Korea ahead of the planned first-ever US-North Korean summit.
The meeting followed their trilateral meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Abe's bilateral talks with Moon earlier in the day.
At the start of the meeting with Li, Abe said he wants to elevate Japan-China relations to a new phase.
Abe said he hopes to achieve that by expanding bilateral cooperation and exchanges, and by improving full-scale ties on a based on a mutually beneficial and strategic relationship.
Li, who is visiting Japan for the first time after assuming the office, responded that the nations are important neighbors and vital economic powers.
He said normalizing bilateral relations will not only be mutually beneficial but also meet the expectations of the international community.
The 2 leaders plan to agree to start operating an emergency communications mechanism to prevent an accidental collision at sea or in the air.
They will also likely agree to set up a public-private panel to promote private-sector economic cooperation in third countries.
Key words : Mike met chairman
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met the vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang.
The newly appointed secretary of state arrived in the North Korean capital on Wednesday morning via the US Yokota Air Base in Tokyo. He tweeted that he had been invited by the North Korean leadership.
US journalists traveling with Pompeo said he met Korean Workers' Party vice chairman Kim Yong Chol. Kim heads the United Front Department, which is responsible for inter-Korean relations.
Kim said he has high expectations that the US will play a big role in establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Pompeo responded that although the US and North Korea have been adversaries for decades, the US hopes they can work together to resolve their conflict.
The 2 reportedly discussed the planned summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and are believed to have made final adjustments on the meeting date and venue.
Pompeo told reporters on his plane en route to Pyongyang that the US will not end sanctions until it achieves its objectives.
He has stressed the US demand for a complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the North. The 2 sides are thought to have discussed the matter in detail.
Pompeo is also believed to have sought the release of 3 Americans detained in the North.
Media suggested Pompeo would return to the US with the detainees.
Early last month, Pompeo made a secret visit to North Korea as director of the Central Intelligence Agency and met Kim Jong Un.
Key words : Trump announced resume
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President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and resume its economic sanctions against the country.
6 world powers, including the US, agreed in July 2015 with Tehran to lift sanctions in return for curbs on Iran's nuclear program.
The US move is certain to draw strong criticism from Iran and cause repercussions in the international community, which has called on the US to stay in the agreement.
He also announced that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to North Korea to arrange the planned meeting between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Japan's 8th reactor is back online. Kansai Electric Power Company on Wednesday restarted a reactor at the Ohi plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan.
At the plant, workers pulled out the control rods that suppress atomic fission of the No.4 reactor.
The facility is expected to reach criticality early Thursday, begin power generation and transmission on Friday and go into commercial operation in early June.
The reactor had complied with new government regulations put in place following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
Two months earlier, the utility reactivated the No.3 reactor at the plant. Two more reactors are running at its Takahama plant about 13 kilometers west of Ohi.
Although they all passed the government's new regulations, attention is now focused on the threat of multiple accidents at these plants in the event of an earthquake and tsunami.
This summer, the government plans to hold its first drill based on a scenario that accidents have occurred simultaneously at the Ohi and Takahama plants.
In 2014, the Fukui District Court ruled against putting the No.3 and No.4 reactors at Ohi back online. It said estimated tremors of possible quakes at the plant are too optimistic. The ruling was appealed to a higher court, which has yet to decide the issue.
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