Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Japan on Thursday for a seven-day trip to Vietnam and the Philippines to attend annual regional leaders' gatherings.Abe said he plans to hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the fringes of the summits to discuss North Korea and other issues."I want to have frank discussions with the leaders of each country, appealing to them about the need to raise the pressure on North Korea to the maximum possible extent in order to make it change its policies," Abe said at his office befor…READ FULL ARTICLE