Japanese foreign min. to talk to N. Korean counterpart on abduction issue

Japanese foreign min. to talk to N. Korean counterpart on abduction issue

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks in a meeting in Tokyo of government, ruling and opposition party officials working on the North Korean abduction issue on July 31, 2015. Abe said that Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will directly talk to his North Korean counterpart Ri Su Yong to break an impasse over Pyongyang's promised investigation into the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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