Japan PM Kishida intensifying efforts to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un - summit meeting

Twitter sources carry the info, the original report apparently from the Financial Times. The summary:

• Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is intensifying efforts to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
• summit being pushed by Kishida would seek to secure the release of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago,
• people close to the talks said Kim is refusing to co-operate over the abductees.
• Japan has not told the US about a possible summit

The report includes comments that Kishida's motivation includes propping up his flailing popularity rating.