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Remains from N. Korea not Matsuki's

TOKYO, Japan - Japan has found that a set of cremated remains it received from North Korea is not that of Japanese abductee Kaoru Matsuki (undated file photo), a government source said Dec. 9. Japanese officials brought the remains from N. Korea in November after bilateral talks on the abduction issue in Pyongyang.

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Abductees' relatives seek economic sanctions against N. Korea

FUKUOKA, Japan - Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, including Rumiko Masumoto and Kaoru Matsuki, and their supporters take to the streets in Fukuoka on Aug. 3, demanding the Japanese government impose economic sanctions on N. Korea.

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Police add Soga, mother, 2 men to abduction list

TOKYO, Japan - The National Police Agency on Oct. 8 adds Hitomi Soga (L in top), her mother Miyoshi Soga (R in top), Toru Ishioka (L in bottom) and Kaoru Matsuki to its list of Japanese believed abducted to North Korea. Hitomi Soga and her mother disappeared from Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture in 1978. Ishioka, from Sapporo, and Matsuki, from Kumamoto, are said to have been lured to North Korea from Spain in June 1980.

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(4)North Korea confirms eight persons dead

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kaoru Matsuki, who had gone missing while in Madrid, Spain, and was confirmed dead by North Korea on Sept. 17.

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Remains from N. Korea not Matsuki's

TOKYO, Japan - Japan has found that a set of cremated remains it received from North Korea is not that of Japanese abductee Kaoru Matsuki (undated file photo), a government source said Dec. 9. Japanese officials brought the remains from N. Korea in November after bilateral talks on the abduction issue in Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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Abductees' relatives seek economic sanctions against N. Korea

FUKUOKA, Japan - Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, including Rumiko Masumoto and Kaoru Matsuki, and their supporters take to the streets in Fukuoka on Aug. 3, demanding the Japanese government impose economic sanctions on N. Korea. (Kyodo)

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Police add Soga, mother, 2 men to abduction list

TOKYO, Japan - The National Police Agency on Oct. 8 adds Hitomi Soga (L in top), her mother Miyoshi Soga (R in top), Toru Ishioka (L in bottom) and Kaoru Matsuki to its list of Japanese believed abducted to North Korea. Hitomi Soga and her mother disappeared from Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture in 1978. Ishioka, from Sapporo, and Matsuki, from Kumamoto, are said to have been lured to North Korea from Spain in June 1980. (Kyodo)

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(4)North Korea confirms eight persons dead

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kaoru Matsuki, who had gone missing while in Madrid, Spain, and was confirmed dead by North Korea on Sept. 17. (Kyodo)