Japan, N Korea Meet over Cold War Kidnappings

Local Editor

Japan on Monday demanded North Korea promptly report the results of its probe into the Cold War kidnappings of Japanese citizens as the two nations began talks in China.

The meeting of senior officials in Shenyang came after Tokyo announced in July it was easing sanctions against Pyongyang, following the secretive state’s promise to reinvestigate the cases of Japanese abductees.

Japan believes dozens of people were snatched in the 1970s and 1980s to train the North’s spies in the Japanese language and customs.

Japanese officials had expected the report by September, but North Korea recently said it would be unable to supply substantial details to that timeline.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team