The families said the US President’s expression of unwavering support “will send a powerful message to the international community."
International partners vow to seize every opportunity in a bid to resolve the abductions issue.
A revealing look at cultural, national, and international obstacles facing Japan-Korea relations and the attempts to bring home North Korea’s Japanese abductees.
The only way to relieve the hardships of the North Korean people and develop the country is to abandon dictatorship, release all of the abductees, and...
Regional order and steady growth in the Indo-Pacific can only be materialized by states that respect freedom and democracy, rather than authoritarianism.
It has been more than 40 years for many families whose loved ones were abducted by agents of North Korea. In the meantime, North Korean people...
U.S. cooperation and pressure from international society are essential to force North Korea to settle the longstanding problem of abductions, and Mr. Nikai should not be...
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed the will to resign on the afternoon of August 28, adding that a preexisting health condition had returned and his...
Kayoko Arimoto, 94, died on February 3 without being reunited with her daughter, Keiko Arimoto, who was abducted by North Korea 40 years ago...
United States President Donald Trump’s state visit to Japan, from May 25 to May 28, has been full of firsts. He is the first...
Despite the frequency of sumo tournaments, the atmosphere is different for every event, determined by its location and the wrestlers who fight. When special guests...