North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a message of sympathy to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida over a deadly earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day, state-run media said Saturday, in a rare move between the countries with no diplomatic ties.It was Kim's first message to Kishida, according to Radio Press news agency, which monitors North Korea's official news media. Kishida has tried to realize an early summit meeting with Kim, but the plan has so far born no fruit.In the message sent Friday, Kim "sincerely hoped" that the people in the affected areas would "restore the…READ FULL ARTICLE
