Nakano meets governors' group on abduction issue

Nakano meets governors' group on abduction issue

TOKYO, Japan - National Public Safety Commission Chairman Kansei Nakano (L), who is in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, receives a letter of request for Prime Minister Naoto Kan from Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida asking for action on the issue at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011. Izumida is a member of the governors' group addressing the issue.

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