Japan, U.N. to cooperate to resolve abduction issue

Japan, U.N. to cooperate to resolve abduction issue

Katsunobu Kato (L), the minister handling North Korean's abductions of Japanese nationals, meets with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 2, 2016. The two agreed to cooperate in resolving the abduction issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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