N. Korea tells Japan more time needed for abduction probe

N. Korea tells Japan more time needed for abduction probe

Photo taken July 1, 2015, shows Sakie (L) and Shigeru Yokota (2nd from L), the parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted to North Korea in 1977 at age 13, attending a meeting in Tokyo. The two, along with Shigeo Iizuka (R), who heads a group of abductees' families, called for the return of abducted Japanese. Pyongyang has told Tokyo that it needs more time to complete its investigation into the fates of Japanese in the North, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on July 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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