Megumi Yokota and other North Korean abductees are still believed to be alive and their surviving parents urgently hope a resolution will bring them home.
Japan must channel this international momentum. North Korea will not budge unless Japan makes a concerted effort to resolve the abductions problem.
This renewed international effort to find a true resolution to the abductions issue comes after PM Kishida made a new offer on the issue on May...
North Korea must be repeatedly confronted with that unalterable reality until it finally helps to resolve the abductions issue.
The prime minister emphasized that, in resolving the abductions, he is ready for "direct, high-level talks" that would pave the way for a meeting with Kim.
Families of abductees will not oppose aid to North Korea once all victims are returned. US lawmakers and officials have expressed support for this new policy.
Megumi was last seen in Japan 46 years ago. In a final push to bring the abductees home, their families had to make a difficult concession...
Only two parents of victims abducted by North Korea are still alive. With no signs of a breakthrough, the family association is forced to make a...
"We need to hurry if we want to bring them back alive. A solution that comes too late won't be a solution at all, just a...
PM Kishida says his administration will do its utmost to return all abductees soonest. North Korea mocks him, launching a ballistic missile over Japan.
Japanese abductees Megumi Yokota and Yaeko Taguchi are still alive, and Japan should keep pushing for direct talks, says former North Korean agent Kim Hyon-hui.
Only top-level negotiations backed by pressure from the United States and other international communities will break the deadlock.
