NHK and TV Asahi led with reports on a vice ministerial-level meeting between South Korea and North Korea that began today. TBS led with a report on the the Vancouver Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday, saying that ministers agreed to continue to apply maximum pressure on North Korea. NTV and Fuji TV gave top play to reports that today marks the 23rd anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which killed 6,434 people.