north korea says yokota's daughter megumi is dead. >> translator: north korea surely has all the data on the eight abductees it says are dead. so i think it can verify what is true and what is not. if they have the will to do so. >> yokota said he wants to continue to try to bring the abductees back home as he believes his daughter is still alive. >>> china's president is visiting south korea for first time since taking office. jinping will discuss strengthening economic ties. nhk world reports. >> reporter: since become president last year, jinping has taken a series of diplomatic steps toward neighboring countries. this marks first time that the chinese president has been to south korea before going to north korea, china's long time ally. one day ahead of the visit in the south, the north fired two rockets into the sea of japan. observers think china will be careful not to irritate north korea too much, for fear of triggering an extreme reaction. >> translator: i believe china notified north korea of the visit in advance as always. and i think the north launched its rockets to remin

they submitted what they claimed were the remains of megumi yokota. but dna analysis indicated the remains were not hers. some are concerned this investigation may not bring the abductees home. >>> in other news, chinese president xi jinping is now meeting with his south korean counterpart park geun-hye. in talks in seoul the two leaders confirmed their countries will work closely on the north korean nuclear issue. the trip marks the first time a chinese leader has gone to south korea before visiting the north, china's long-time ally. >> reporter: xi began his two-day visit to south korea on thursday. after attending a welcome ceremony, he held talks with park. >> translator: if south korea and china join hands to create a new northeast asia, the dream of the two nations will spread across the region. >> translator: i want to hold in-depth talks on a broad range of international and regional issues of concern to china and and south korea. >> reporter: after the meeting, the two presidents said they agree to strengthen bilateral ties in a wide spectrum