In September of 2002 former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi went to North Korea to hold a summit with Kim-Jong il it was during that meeting that North Korea admitted to abducting 13 Japanese citizens using them to train North Korean agents in Japanese society, culture and language.
Japanese North Korean reached their zenith during that summit and its been down hill since. The North allowed five of them to be repatriated to Japan. This eventually included their families. Japan demanded the return of all its kidnapped citizens to which the North replied the rest had died. One body was returned that of Megumi Yokota upon DNA examination it was determined that the body returned was that of someone else unknown to the Japanese government.
The kidnapping issue has servilely strained relations between the two Asian with no resolution in sight. Yes, North Korea has agreed to conduct yet another investigation. Already they are stalling and delaying the release of any further information on those still missing.
Japanese North Korean reached their zenith during that summit and its been down hill since. The North allowed five of them to be repatriated to Japan. This eventually included their families. Japan demanded the return of all its kidnapped citizens to which the North replied the rest had died. One body was returned that of Megumi Yokota upon DNA examination it was determined that the body returned was that of someone else unknown to the Japanese government.
The kidnapping issue has servilely strained relations between the two Asian with no resolution in sight. Yes, North Korea has agreed to conduct yet another investigation. Already they are stalling and delaying the release of any further information on those still missing.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe demanded Thursday that North Korea quickly complete an investigation into Japanese citizens believed to have been abducted by the North's agents in the 1970s and '80s.North Korea agreed in May to launch a new probe into the abductions. In response, Japan eased some sanctions.Abe said senior officials of the two countries, which don't have diplomatic relations, would meet in China on Monday."We will strongly demand the North Korean side expeditiously conduct this investigation as well as report the result very speedily," Abe told a news conference on the sidelines of an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.He said Japan was keeping its policy of "dialogue and pressure" on North Korea, but did not threaten to re-impose the sanctions.
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