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- On Thursday, President Donald Trump accepted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s invitation to meet, setting in motion a potentially historic diplomatic engagement on the subject of its missile program.
- Though the exact time and location of the meeting has yet to be announced, the news appears to have taken Japan by surprise.
- Now Japanese officials are scrambling to meet with Trump and US officials to get some clarity about what’s going on.
While President Donald Trump’s acceptance of an invitation to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un shocked the world on Thursday, no other nation could have been more alarmed than Japan.
The Japanese government received no warning of Trump’s decision, according to The New York Times. Trump is believed to have immediately accepted the invitation after South Korean officials briefed him at the White House. They, too, who were reportedly bewildered by his quick response.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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