Ex-Japan abductee to North Korea asks PM Kishida to meet with leader Kim

A Japanese woman abducted to North Korea decades ago before being repatriated in 2002 urged Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday to hold summit talks with leader Kim Jong Un to ensure all those snatched by the country can reunite with their families.Hitomi Soga, 64, met with Kishida around a month after the premier pledged to pursue high-level negotiations with North Korea to resolve the long-standing issue of abductions by Pyongyang in the 1970s and 1980s.Japan officially lists 17 people as having been taken to North Korea. Five of them, including Soga, returned in 2002, but Pyongyang…READ FULL ARTICLE