Japan PM airs hope for summit with China's Xi after G-7 meet

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he wants to hold summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a Group of Seven summit."There are currently no plans for a summit but it's important to keep dialogue at various levels," Kishida said at a press conference in southern Germany."The G-7 agrees that what needs to be said should be said but sees the need to cooperate over global challenges with China," he added.Kishida has not held a face-to-face summit with Xi since becoming prime minister last year.Sino-Japanese relations remain tense over the Senkaku Islands in the East…READ FULL ARTICLE