Japan asks U.N. rights task force to reexamine abduction cases

Japan asks U.N. rights task force to reexamine abduction cases

GENEVA, Switzerland - Akitaka Saiki (2nd from L), deputy director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry, is surrounded by reporters in Geneva on Nov. 7 as he heads for a U.N. Human Rights Commission working group. Saiki asked the group to reexamine the abductions to North Korea over 20 years ago of eight Japanese who Pyongyang says died in the country.

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