Pyongyang admitted in 2002 that it had abducted 13 Japanese citizens over the past decades
The willingness to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and try to resolve the issue of Japanese citizens abducted in the 1960s and 1970s, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio said today, according to media reports. Kishida.
“I am determined to deal with Kim Jong Un personally myself without conditions,” Kishida said at a meeting held on the same issue in Tokyo, according to a report by The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.
The newspaper “The Nikkei”, as well as the Japanese news agency Kyodo, reported on the same issue with their related publications.
Pyongyang admitted in 2002 that it had abducted 13 Japanese citizens over the previous decades.
Five of the abductees who later returned to Japan and their families said the other abductees had died.
However, Tokyo believes 17 Japanese were abducted and continues to investigate the fate of those who did not return to Japan, according to local media.
Source :Skai
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