Japan's Asahi newspaper: Japan offers North Korea talks - Reuters

Japan's Asahi newspaper is reporting that Japan is offering to hold talks with North Korea, as being reported by Reuters.

Key quotes (source: Reuters)

"Japan has sounded out the North Korean government about a bilateral summit, and Pyongyang has internally discussed the possibility of leaders’ meeting with Japan and other countries."

"The government of Kim Jong Un has discussed with leaders of the country’s ruling Korean Workers Party the possibility of summits with Japan, Russia and other countries, the newspaper said, citing an unnamed North Korean source."

"The newspaper, in an article from Seoul, said the Kim government had discussed the possibility of summits with South Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, in that order."