LDP's Abe vows to settle abduction issue with N. Korea

LDP's Abe vows to settle abduction issue with N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (R), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Yasushi Chimura at the Obama municipal government office in Fukui Prefecture on Feb. 7, with Chimura's wife looking on. The Chimuras are among five Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea in 1978 who are now back in their homeland. Their children are still in Pyongyang.

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