Kim Jong Un has despatched a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to specific condolences over casualties from the highly effective earthquake that struck the island nation on New Year’s Day, in what seems to be the primary time a North Korean chief has despatched such a message to his Japanese counterpart.
“The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed his deep sympathy and condolences to the prime minister and, through him, to the bereaved families and victims, upon the sad news that big casualties and material losses were caused by earthquakes in Japan from the outset of the new year,” the official occasion newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Saturday.