Prime Minister Kishida ”approaching high-ranking officials for Japan-North Korea summit” = US media

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, "The Japanese government is trying to approach high-ranking North Korean officials in order to hold a Japan-North Korea summit." Prime Minister Kishida, who was pulled out of his visit to the United States, said in a CNN report on the 7th (US time).
"The purpose of promoting a Japan-North Korea summit is to resolve unresolved issues and promote stable relations between the two countries," he said in an interview with Reuters.
"Unresolved issues" are interpreted as meaning the abduction issue of Japanese nationals and North Korea's illegal nuclear and missile development.
Prime Minister Kishida has repeatedly stated that he will "promote a summit with North Korea to quickly resolve the abduction issue," but Kim Jung Eun, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has also stated that he will "promote a summit with North Korea to quickly resolve the abduction issue."
When the Japanese side raised the abduction issue, Kim Yo-jong, vice director of the Workers' Party, and Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui announced last month that they would not pursue a Japan-North Korea summit.
"Enhancing Japan's deterrent power and (military) response capabilities is essential for our alliance with the United States," Kishida told CNN. "If the United States understands this, it will play a key role in maintaining peace and stability in the region."
"We are facing a historic turning point, as we witness Russia's aggression, the situation in the Middle East, and the situation in East Asia," he said.
"This is why Japan has decided to fundamentally strengthen its defense capabilities and has made a major shift in Japan's security policy on these issues," he said.
"We have neighboring countries that are developing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, and are strengthening their national defenses in non-transparent ways," he said.
"There are nations that are trying to change the status quo by force in the East and South China Seas," he said, emphasizing that security threats from North Korea and China are behind Japan's shift in defense policy.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Kishida will hold a summit meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House on the 10th of this month, and will address the US Congress and hold a Japan-US-Philippines trilateral summit on the 11th.
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