Mondale assures Nakayama of help on N. Korea abduction issue

WASHINGTON, United States - Kyoko Nakayama, special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, speaks at a news conference in Washington on Jan. 9. Nakayama said former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale assured her that he will relay Tokyo's concern about the issue to his friends joining the next administration of President-elect Barack Obama.

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