SEOUL, March 25, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida requested a summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, Kim's powerful sister said Monday, adding that any meeting was unlikely without a policy shift by Tokyo.

"Kishida recently conveyed his wish to meet with the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the earliest date possible," Kim Yo Jong said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.