Japan says it is ready to ease sanctions on North Korea, satisfied Pyongyang is following through on a pledge to reinvestigate the abduction of Japanese nationals decades ago.
Shinzo Abe, prime min-ister, said yesterday he was pleased at the “unprecedented” authority granted to a committee set up to examine the disappearance of people seized by North Korean agents in the late 1970s and early 1980s to train spies in Japan’s language and customs.
In 2002, five were returned and Pyongyang said that of the remaining 12 identified by Japan, eight had died and four never entered its territory – a claim contested by Tokyo.
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