Japan to take every step to save abductees from N. Korea: minister

Japan to take every step to save abductees from N. Korea: minister

Katsunobu Kato (C), Japan's minister in charge of the North Korean abduction issue, speaks at a session of the House of Representatives budget committee in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2017. Speaking a day after a group of relatives of those who were abducted to North Korea urged the government to rescue them by the end of the year, Kato said there is no time to waste and that Japan is prepared to take every possible measure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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