Kishida-Xi talks eyed around Nov. 16 at APEC meeting in U.S.: source

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping are arranging talks around Nov. 16 in San Francisco on the sidelines of a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders, a source close to bilateral relations said Thursday.Japan's top national security adviser Takeo Akiba visited Beijing the same day and held talks for three and a half hours with China's top diplomat Wang Yi, with preparations for the summit believed to be on the agenda. After the talks, Akiba told reporters that "nothing has been decided" about the leaders' meeting.The two candidly exchanged views on issues of con…READ FULL ARTICLE