Medical records of abductee Megumi Yokota 'credible': official

Medical records of abductee Megumi Yokota 'credible': official

TOKYO, Japan - Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, gives a briefing on the recent Japan-North Korea abduction talks during a meeting of the House of Councillors Special Committee on the North Korean Abduction Issue and Related Matters on Nov. 17. He said medical records provided by Pyongyang for Megumi Yokota, one of the Japanese abducted by North Korea who is allegedly dead, appear very credible.

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