Japan PM Abe wants to hold summit with China at APEC

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted to hold a summit with China at the APEC leaders meeting in Beijing in November to improve relations strained by territorial and security issues, but drew a cool response from China.

Abe has been in office since late 2012 and has yet to meet Chinese leaders, despite worsening ties over disputed islands in the East China Sea, China's declaration of an air defence identification zone in the area and Abe's visits to a Tokyo shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.