that's certainly been akayoshi's experience. the pianist has lived in the u.s. for more than half a century. recently she reformed her renowned orchestra for the first time in ten years. and she held a series of concerts here in japan. nhk world's keiko kitagawa spoke with her. ♪ >> reporter: jazz legend returned to tokyo in april from her base in new york. it was the first time she played in japan in ten years. ♪ in 2006, she became the first japanese musician to be given the jazz masters award, one of the most prestigious honors in the music industry. looking back on your career, was it a long way, or was it in the blink of an eye? >> i think probably not that long. it's went by quickly. if i would recount and say what happened year after year, then i realize it was a long year. but it went pretty quickly to me. it's something to do with my age. >> reporter: she moved to the u.s. in 1956. the jazz world was very competitive, and she met with discrimination both as a japanese and as a woman. you often choose a long yellow road to start your life concert. >> we

. >>> and doing a rare visit to tokyo, jazz pianist akayoshi talks to nhk about her long road to success in the united states. >>> north and south korean representatives are planning to do something they haven't done in weeks. officials in pyongyang proposed dialogue, and their counterparts in seoul accepted the offer. they're going to talk about reopening the shared kaesong industrial complex. it's a key source of revenue for the north. the state-run korean central news agency carried a statement on the offer to resume talks. north korean authorities proposed discussioned to, in their words, normalize operations at kaesong. work at the complex has been suspended since april. the north koreans also offered to talk about restarting a shared tourism project at their resort. the initiative has been on hold since 2008. authorities in pyongyang say representatives of both sides can talk about humanitarian issues as well. this would i