Kishida Seeks North Korea Summit on Abductions Amid Funding Scandal, Pushes Economic Reforms
• Japanese PM Kishida seeks a summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un to address issue of abducted Japanese citizens • Kishida aims to break Japan out of decades of deflation with his "new capitalism" program • Kishida promises legal revisions and internal investigation into ruling party funding scandal • Kishida's popularity has plummeted due to the political funding scandal • Speculation that Japan may get its first female PM, like Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, though unlikely to stray from status quo