Trump-Kim summit built foundation for denuclearisation: Shinzo Abe

Abe has made the return of abductees a key political issue

The summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un built a foundation for denuclearization on the Korean peninsula, but the process needs to be verifiable and irreversible, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a television interview Saturday.

Japan will contribute to the cost of denuclearization, but the money will go toward supporting the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, not directly to North Korea, Abe reiterated in the interview on Nippon TV’s “Wake Up! Plus” morning program. He said bearing the cost is natural because Japan feels the threat from the North’s nuclear arsenal and