Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he wants to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even though he keeps testing missiles. At the same time, Abe gave a cold shoulder to South Korea amid tensions over wartime history. By mariyamaguchi.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, chats with lawmakers after the opening of an extraordinary session at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 4, 2019.
North Korea has resumed missile tests following the February collapse of its summit with the United States. The latest was a test-firing Wednesday of an underwater-launched missile, parts of which fell inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone. The U.S. talks resume Saturday in Stockholm. Unlike in the past, Abe did not mention South Korea in the context of cooperation on North Korean missile and nuclear threats.
Abe said economy is also his policy priority. Japan will take a leadership to promote “free, fair and rule-based trade zones across the world,” he said.Abe and his right-wing supporters have long campaigned to revise the U.S.-drafted war-renouncing constitution, as they see it as a legacy of Japan’s World War II defeat and humiliation during the U.S. occupation.
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