Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last year said he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "without any conditions". SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister said on 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.
Kim Yo Jong - who is one of the regime's key spokespeople - had hinted last month at a possible future invitation for the Japanese leader to visit North Korea. "For Japan-North Korea relations, top-level talks are important to resolve issues such as the abduction issue," Kishida said in parliament, referring to kidnappings that took place in the 1970s and '80s.
Sakie Yokota, 88, whose daughter Megumi is among the missing abductees, told Japanese media on Monday that she wanted the two countries to hold talks"as soon as possible".
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