Abduction issue raised in historic summit but challenges loom for Japan

While many countries hailed a landmark summit between the United States and North Korea in Singapore, Japan also had its own reason for optimism: the fact that the issue of Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals was brought up at the meeting.But what happens next is unclear given North Korea's history of flip-flops in a set of abduction-related agreements. Besides, the United States does not show any signs of willingness to broker talks between Japan and North Korea to resolve the issue.As he promised Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Donald Trump told a press co…READ FULL ARTICLE