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Kim Yo-jong said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency that Kishida recently proposed an in-person summit to meet with her brother “as soon as possible” through “another channel”, referring to one other than those that have been used for bilateral communication.
TOKYO — North Korea will not host a World Cup qualifier with Japan that was scheduled to be held in Pyongyang next week, Kyodo news agency reported late Thursday (March 21), citing the president of the Japan Football Association (JFA).
“The leaders will advance a trilateral partnership built on deep historical ties of friendship” including a “shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Monday local time.
A high court in Japan on Thursday said the country's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, ruling on a matter that has divided lower levels of the judiciary and put the conservative government at odds with shifting public opinion.
TOKYO (AP) — The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data showed Tuesday, and a top official said it was critical for the country to reverse the trend in the coming half-dozen years.
The number of births fell 5.1 per cent from a year earlier to 758,631, while the number of marriages slid 5.9 per cent to 489,281 – the first time in 90 years the number fell below 500,000 – foreboding a further decline in the population as out-of-wedlock births are rare in Japan.
“Japan is thinking that it should not antagonise Russia as any retaliation could be very damaging,” said Hiromi Murakami, a professor of political science at the Tokyo campus of Temple University. “Kishida and his cabinet members are keeping their distance because they fear a potential backlash.”
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- A South Korean who won a wartime labor case against Japanese firm Hitachi Zosen received money deposited by the firm at a Seoul court on Tuesday, a lawyer said, after the company failed to comply with an order by South Korea's Supreme Court to compensate the plaintiff.