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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is pressing ahead with his efforts to arrange a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Kim’s influential sister, Kim Yo Jong, said on Monday in a statement. Kishida has conveyed his intention to meet the North Korean leader as soon as possible, the statement said. Kim’s sister did not say through which channel the proposal had been made to the North Korean leadership. However, Kim Yo Jong was quoted by state media as saying that Kishida should not think that such a summit meeting could be accepted immediately. She had discussed a visit by Kishida to …

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