Abductees' relatives urge gov't to take up case in 6-way talks

Abductees' relatives urge gov't to take up case in 6-way talks

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (L), who heads a group of relatives of Japanese who were abducted by North Korea, hands a letter to Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (R) in Tokyo on July 14 in which they urge the government to table the abduction issue during the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs expected to resume in July to increase pressure on Pyongyang to settle it.

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