This will empower Japan to be an active player at the region and global stages

This represents a dramatic shift since that question was last asked in 2015

"At the peak, I had 21 relatives living here, and there are still 12 of them now," Cho said

The Obama administration had done everything it could to internationalize the South China Sea issue and had used the Philippines, a US ally, to advance the American strategy

"Cui, however, bluntly said that China will never recognize the DPRK as a nuclear state and opposes nuclear weapons anywhere on the Korean Peninsula and beyond, including Japan and Taiwan