Gov't launches panel on abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe speaks at the inaugural meeting of a special cabinet panel formed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to address the concerns of the relatives of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s. The panel decided to demand that North Korea provide detailed information on the abductees. Seated at right former Ambassador to Uzbekistan Kyoko Nakayama, who was appointed the Cabinet Secretariat's special adviser. Nakayama is expected to look after the kin of abductees, particularly their psychological welfare.

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