Aso wary of kin's call for sanctions on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Taro Aso (C, R) on Nov. 28 showed wariness over a call from a group of relatives of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea to impose economic sanctions on the North in a bid to pressure the country to settle the abduction issue. The group is headed by Shigeru Yokota (2nd from L side front), whose daughter Megumi was abducted in 1977 at age 13. (Kyodo)

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