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Coordination for holding summits between the south korea and north korea as well as between the u.s. and north korea is underway, there is a concern in japan that japan may be left behind. how are you going to proceed with dialogue with north korea? president trump, you talked about the abduction issue. are you going to consider the nuclear weapons disarmament the same as, the same level as abduction issue. >> president trump: abduction is a very important issue for me because it's very important to your prime minister. we are having dinner last night and he started talking about abduction and...

Coordination for holding summits between the south korea and north korea as well as between north korea and u.s. is under way there's a concern in japan that japan may be left behind. how are you going to proceed with dialogue with north korea? president trump, you talked about the abduction issue. are you going to consider the nuclear weapons disarmament the same level as abduction issue? >> maybe i'll go first. abduction is a very important issue for me because it's very important to your prime minister. i will tell you that we're having dinner last night and he started talking about abducti...

Translator: so i look forward to having a discussion on the issue of north korea, including both nuclear as well as missile issues and also the abduction issue which is a priority issue for japan. [speaking foreign language] translator: so we have the gorgeous setting for both of us to have today's discussion, and i very much feel delighted and also privileged to have a discussion with donald today to talk about our cooperation throughout the development of both japan and the united states and also how we can corroborate together to realize peace in the region as well as in the entire internat...

>> so i renew my determination to do my utmost for those of the family members that could hold their daughters and sons and family members with their actual arms. and renew my commitment to working closely with president trump and other world leaders towards resolving this abduction issue. so once again, mr. president and madame first lady, thank you very much. kelly: that was president trump meeting with the delegation from japan as they talked about the fact that some of the japanese citizens have been kidnapped by north korea.

With the japanese business leaders to make them think about what they are doing. this is a 12-day trip that the president is taking. he will go to other parts of asia. president trump and the first lady are participating and meeting with families of north korea. that's what we are seeing right now. and they will be talking about what will take place when the president finally makes it to south korea. he will also be speaking to the chinese president xi jinping and talk about what can be done with north korea. let's listen in. >> this is a country that has caused an abduction issue.