The detente between North and South Korea since the beginning of 2018 has aroused contrasting reactions in Japan. though the Japanese government remains very suspicious of North Korea, maintaining that it should be fully de-nuclearised and also return all the Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang, the Korean community living in Japan is more optimistic, as demonstrated by these two young girls selling t-shirts with the slogan “Reunification” at the annual fete of the Korean School in tokyo.