Japan eyes annual U.N. gathering in Sept. as Plan B for Abe-Kim summit

An annual U.N. General Assembly gathering in late September may be a chance for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to hold bilateral talks if Kim is invited to deliver a speech there, Japanese government sources said Thursday.Tokyo is working to arrange the first Japan-North Korea summit in more than a decade to resolve outstanding bilateral issues including the North's past abduction of Japanese nationals, getting a boost from the historic talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim in Singapore on Tuesday.An annual economic forum to be held in the…READ FULL ARTICLE