Relatives of Japanese abductees express hopes for talks

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (front), accompanied by his wife Sakie (behind him), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977 aged 13, answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, after meeting with Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau. Relatives of Japanese abductees expressed hope for the success of talks between the Japanese and North Korean governments, which were recently revived after a four-year lull, in the meeting with Sugiyama, the head of the Japanese delegation to the talks.

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