Japanese lawmakers seek to tighten sanctions on N. Korea

Takeo Hiranuma, chairman of the minor opposition Party for Future Generations, speaks at a meeting of a cross-party group of lawmakers seeking the return of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, at the Diet in Tokyo on July 22, 2015. The group led by Hiranuma adopted a request that day calling on the government to tighten sanctions on Pyongyang to prod it to provide information on the abductees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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