North Korea has reportedly allowed Japanese media to visit Pyongyang to report on its party congress set for early May.
 
Radio Free Asia quoted on Saturday Japanese journalist Jiro Ishimaru of Asia Press as saying that the North Korean authorities notified Japanese media that they are allowed to visit Pyongyang to cover the party congress.
 
Ishimaru said that the party congress is an event for the North to show off the achievements of its leader Kim Jong-un and that Pyongyang appeared to have invited members of the Japanese media to effectively publicize the congress around the world through foreign media organizations.
 
North Korea invited major foreign media outlets from the United State, Japan and Britain and allowed them to cover its celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of its Workers’ Party in October Last year.