Japan, South Korea, China to pursue North Korea denuclearization: Kishida

Japan confirmed with South Korea and China the importance of North Korean denuclearization at a trilateral summit on Monday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, hours after Pyongyang announced a plan to launch a satellite-carrying rocket.But a joint statement issued after the meeting of the three leaders did not mention their commitment to the "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," as agreed at the previous summit in December 2019 in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu.At a joint press announcement with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese Premier Li Qiang foll…READ FULL ARTICLE