U.N. resolution referring to abductions called for by kin

U.N. resolution referring to abductions called for by kin

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives of Japanese abductees and their supporters on Oct. 10 called on the government to seek a U.N. Security Council resolution against N. Korea's claimed nuclear test that also mentions the abduction issue. Shigeru Yokota (L) handed a statement calling for such a U.N. motion to Kyoko Nakayama (R), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's special advisor in charge of the abduction issue, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo the same day. (Kyodo)

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