Diplomat briefs abductees' relatives on outcome of Pyongyang talks

Diplomat briefs abductees' relatives on outcome of Pyongyang talks

TOKYO, Japan - Mitoji Yabunaka (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, chats with Shigeru Yokota, the representative of a group of families of those abducted by North Korea, in Tokyo on Feb. 16 before giving group members a briefing on the outcome of talks in Pyongyang on the abduction issue. Yabunaka, together with Deputy Foreign Minister Hitoshi Tanaka, visited Pyongyang Feb. 11-14.

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