Japanese governor retracts call to drive N. Koreans to starve

Japanese governor retracts call to drive N. Koreans to starve

Masanori Tanimoto, governor of Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, speaks to reporters at the prefectural government building in the city of Kanazawa on June 22, 2017. Tanimoto said he "retracts" his comment of the previous day that "We must drive the people of North Korea to starve to death by cutting off food (supplies)." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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