Kim Jong Un's recent weight loss is worrying people all over North Korea, a Pyongyang resident told the country's tightly controlled state TV on Friday, reported Reuters.

"Seeing respected general secretary (Kim Jong Un) looking emaciated breaks our people's heart so much," the man said in an interview with broadcaster Korean Central Television.

"Everyone is saying their tears welled up," he said.

The man was among a group of residents watching a screen on the street that showed Kim and his party officials at a concert featuring propaganda songs about the regime, reported Reuters, which could not independently verify the clip.

There were more than eight million abandoned homes throughout rural Japan in 2018. The government is offering incentives like $500 homes and tax breaks to entice residents to move from urban centers into rural areas, but cheap housing may not be enough to bridge the cultural divide and the bureaucratic difficulties that moving to a small town create.

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Japan is lifting its coronavirus state of emergency in nine of its prefectures, including Tokyo, a month before the Tokyo Olympics begin.

NHK, Japan's state broadcaster, reported on Thursday that officials decided to change their status, which leaves just Okinawa prefecture in a state of emergency. 

Reuters reported that Japan will lift the state of emergency on June 20. The Olympics are due to begin in Japan on July 23.

Opposition to the games has grown in Japan, but both organizers and Japanese officials have insisted the games will go ahead and will be safe.

Pixar is gearing up to release its next movie in theaters.

The beloved animation studio from Disney is planning to go back to a "normal" wide release with its 2022 movie "Turning Red," several sources familiar with the movie's production, who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity, exclusively told Insider.

"The studio's hope is we go back to normal with 'Turning Red,'" said one source, who noted that the safety of theatergoers is the biggest concern.

But with COVID-19 restrictions being dropped around the country, including most recently New York and California, optimism is building at Pixar and Disney that "Turning Red" will be seen on the big screen, sources say.