Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his eagerness on Monday to hold summit talks with Chinese and South Korean leaders in a bid to mend soured bilateral relationships.
"Because there are difficult tasks and issues, leaders should hold open discussions without preconditions," Abe said at a press conference. "I want to explain my visit to Yasukuni Shrine sincerely and directly" to leaders of China and South Korea, he said.
Abe said he wants to carefully explain to other countries, including China and South Korea, his hopes to change the government's interpretation of the Constitution to lift a ban on exercising the right to collective self-defense, as well as his aims to make constitutional amendments.
Source: The Japan news
