Japan, N. Korea meet for update on probe into abductees

SHENYANG, China - Song Il Ho (2nd from L), North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, and Junichi Ihara (far R), Japan's top diplomat in charge of Asian affairs, attend a meeting on Sept. 29, 2014, in Shenyang, China, at which North Korea will give updates on a fresh investigation it launched nearly three months ago into the fate of Japanese nationals believed to have been abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.

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