Kanon Sudoh
Student, 20, Japanese
I don't imagine things will be settled soon by these talks. The U.S. military is stationed in Japan, costs too much and its existence looms large over the region, and there's no easy way to see them move out. I expect the rate of missile development and tests by the North to drop, as the U.S. will keep them in check. It'd be good if an improvement in U.S.-North Korea relations has a knock-on effect on Japan-North Korea ties. As for giving up nuclear weapons, if it was so easy, the U.S. would have already abandoned them. Countries will hold on to them for a while yet.