Japan to take up issues of possible abductees by N. Korea

Japan to take up issues of possible abductees by N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, briefs a lower house panel about bilateral negotiations he took part in last week in Pyongyang. He said Japan has told North Korea that it intends to take up the issue of missing Japanese people it believes may have been abducted by North Korea.

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