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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Kevin Buckland

Japan PM Kishida says willing to meet Kim Jong Un over kidnappings

FILE PHOTO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives for a bilateral meeting with Laos' President Thongloun Sisoulith, at the prime ministers' office in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Shuji Kajiyama/Pool via REUTERS

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try and resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted in the 1960s and 1970s, media reported.

"I am determined to face Kim Jong Un directly myself, without any preconditions," Kishida said at a gathering on the issue in Tokyo, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said. The Nikkei and Kyodo news agency carried similar reports.

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