North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. AP/Getty Images Tokyo —

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she wants to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – something no Japanese leader has done in more than 20 years.

“We have already conveyed to North Korea our desire to hold a summit meeting,” Takaichi said Monday at a rally demanding the return of Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea decades ago.

The issue is one of the unresolved pain points between the two neighbors divided by sea, whose long history of colonization and conflict has doomed previous attempts at bilateral talks.

“I want the leaders to face each other directly and achieve concrete results,” Takaichi said. “I am determined to break through a

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