Former foreign ministers Taro Kono and Fumio Kishida, candidates to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, affirmed on Saturday the importance of holding summit talks with China in an effort to ensure stable bilateral ties, especially when the two countries mark the 50th anniversary of normalization of diplomatic relations next year.In a debate involving four candidates for the Sept. 29 LDP presidential election, former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi referred to a "high chance" of possible contingencies involving Taiwan, while Seiko No…READ FULL ARTICLE
