Three of the four candidates vying to be Japan's next prime minister said Monday that summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are necessary to resolve the long-standing issue of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago.Former foreign ministers Taro Kono and Fumio Kishida and former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi expressed the view in a forum, while former gender equality minister Seiko Noda stressed the need for the government to strengthen its intelligence-gathering capability.Kono and Kishida, seen in media polls as leading contenders in the Sept. 29 Libera…READ FULL ARTICLE
