[HIGHLIGHTS] North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong’s statement “shakes the Japan-U.S.-Korea cooperation” view

Kim Yo Jong, younger sister of North Korean General Secretary Kim Jong Un, said in an unusual statement regarding relations with Japan. Experts believe that this is an attempt to destabilize the trilateral cooperation between Japan, the United States, and South Korea.

Professor Shunji Hiraiwa of Nanzan University, who is familiar with the North Korean situation, said, "I can't see it. Japan's first goal is to change North Korea's traditional stance" He added that to date, Japan's leadership has no plans to improve North Korea-Japan relations.