Japan is planning on joining the Greater Tumen Initiative in the coming weeks, an informed source has told NK News, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushes for a summit with the North.

The move will preempt the DPRK’s possible returning to the multilateral infrastructure project, the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told NK News, and enable Japan to participate in future investment projects involving the DPRK.

“All the indications are [that] after Abe is confirmed as Prime Minister, Japan will finally join the GTI,” they said.

Japan’s participation in, and funding of, these projects would occur only on the