Prime Minister Kishida, whose approval rating is low, is making a ”game move”...US media ”promoting summit meeting with Kim Jong-un”

``Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is promoting a summit meeting with North Korean General Secretary Kim Jung Eun in an effort to make a breakthrough in diplomacy,'' the report said.
According to the Financial Times (FT), a British economic newspaper, on the 13th (local time), Prime Minister Kishida is seeking to improve China's diplomatic relations in order to restore his low approval rating.
Through the channel, he is accelerating the promotion of a ``summit meeting with General Secretary Kim.'' The FT quoted U.S. and Japanese officials familiar with the matter as saying, ``Prime Minister Kishida has resolved the Japanese abduction issue.''
"We are promoting a summit meeting, and we hope that this will increase support in Japan." Regarding the Noto Peninsula earthquake (last month 1st), General Secretary Kim sends an unusual telegram of condolences.
After the transfer, Prime Minister Kishida stepped up diplomatic efforts for a Japan-North Korea summit. Some Japanese officials see this as a "positive signal."
FT reported that ``Part of the dialogue regarding the Japan-North Korea summit is proceeding through the Beijing channel.''
Officials who took part in the dialogue said, ``However, as General Secretary Kim has refused to cooperate on the Japanese abduction issue, efforts regarding the summit meeting are yet to yield results.''
"I haven't been able to do that," he said. A U.S. official said, ``The United States will maintain high-level contact with North Korea and Japan on the condition that Japan will discuss issues with South Korea in advance and amicably.
will be welcomed,'' the FT reported. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Kishida attended the House of Representatives Budget Committee on the 9th of this month, and talked about the Japan-North Korea summit that the Japanese government is promoting, saying, ``We will discuss various specific activities.
are doing. That's the situation," he said. He added, ``In light of the current state of Japan-North Korea relations, I strongly feel the need to boldly change the current situation.''
We will continue to build relationships."