Abe heads for talks with Trump in U.S., G-7 summit in Canada

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Tokyo on Wednesday on a six-day trip to the United States for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and to Canada for a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.Abe will meet with Trump ahead of the U.S. president's historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore which is expected to focus on denuclearization."I would like to take a lead in discussions on North Korea (at the G-7 summit) along with President Trump," Abe told reporters at his office before heading to Tokyo's Haneda airport, adding he hopes the G-7 "will s…READ FULL ARTICLE