Analysis: Kim Jong Un emerges as winner in summit with Xi Jinping

Did Xi Jinping on June 8 make a deal with Kim Jong Un that will eventually give China shipping access to the Sea of Japan via North Korea and the Tumen River? (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Xinhua/Kyodo)

North Korean leader's diplomatic balancing act results in no mention of denuclearization

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent, and later as China bureau chief, and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.