Wednesday marks 23 years since five Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea were returned to Japan. However, other abductees including Yokota Megumi remain unaccounted for.

“I had a great relationship with him,” Trump said, although there is no confirmation that there would be a repeat of their last encounter at the Korean border village of Panmunjom in June 2019. Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first major policy speech on Friday, pledged to further accelerate Japan's military buildup and spending, and an early upgrading of the country's security strategy to allow more offensive roles and arms exports as tensions rise with China,

Japan's new Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has pledged to make utmost efforts to resolve as soon as possible the issue of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea.

U.S. President Donald Trump on late Friday embarked on his first trip to Asia in his second term, visiting Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, as<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

North Korea's unveiling of the Hwasong-20, an alleged nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), has once again put a spotlight on Kim Jong Un’s expanding long-range arsenal—and the growing threat it poses to the United States and its allies.

On the 21st, the day Sanae Takaichi (Takachi Sanae) assumed office as Japan’s new prime minister, Wi Sung-lac, the presidential office’s National Security Adviser, boarded a flight to Tokyo. This was an unusual two-day overseas trip amid a hectic schedule preparing for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit,