BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- A Japanese delegation has met with a DPRK sub-committee to press for an investigation into the fate of Japanese citizens abducted decades ago.
Japan eased some sanctions on the DPRK in July in return for Pyongyang reopening its probe into the status of Japanese victims. The meetings in Pyongyang are taking place despite objections from some of the abductees’ families, who remain sceptical about the DPRK’s sincerity.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose government suffered a blow when two ministers resigned this month and who has made the emotive issue a priority, said the benefits of the visit outweighed the risks.
Pyongyang admitted in 2002 to kidnapping 13 Japanese citizens, with five abductees and their families later being returned to Japan. The Japanese government wants to know about the fate of the eight others, who Pyongyang has said have all died.
(Source: CNTV.cn)
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