Japan lifts some N.Korea sanctions amid report of surviving abductees
- 10 years ago
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The relatives of Japanese citizens kidnapped decades ago by North Korea wait expectantly for news from their Prime Minister.
Shinzo Abe is visiting them one day after Tokyo eased sanctions on Pyongyang.
(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, SAYING:
"We, on the Japanese side, must be prepared and keep a close and active watch on the negotiations and how the investigations are proceeding. We must also demand that a good result ensues."
The two countries restarted dialogue after North Korea agreed to reopen an investigation into the fate of Japanese nationals kidnapped in the 1970s and 1980s to train spies.
The North's state-run broadcaster KRT aired a bulletin on Friday confirming the pr
The relatives of Japanese citizens kidnapped decades ago by North Korea wait expectantly for news from their Prime Minister.
Shinzo Abe is visiting them one day after Tokyo eased sanctions on Pyongyang.
(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, SHINZO ABE, SAYING:
"We, on the Japanese side, must be prepared and keep a close and active watch on the negotiations and how the investigations are proceeding. We must also demand that a good result ensues."
The two countries restarted dialogue after North Korea agreed to reopen an investigation into the fate of Japanese nationals kidnapped in the 1970s and 1980s to train spies.
The North's state-run broadcaster KRT aired a bulletin on Friday confirming the pr