North Korea to probe abducted Japanese: source
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North Korea will conduct a thorough investigation into the kidnapping of Japanese citizens, a departure from its stand that the divisive issue has been settled, a source with ties to Pyongyang said on Thursday.
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TOKYO Japan said Thursday that it had obtained intelligence indicating that North Korea might be preparing to test-fire a short-range missile that could reach most of the main Japanese islands, in what would be the latest provocation from the Communist
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Japan will ask North Korea to relaunch probes into the fate of Japanese citizens it abducted after false evidence presented earlier led to calls for sanctions against the communist state, reports said.
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North Korea will allow a team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials to visit the Yongbyon reactor it agreed to shut down under a disarmament-for-aid deal, Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday.
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Japan on Wednesday sought to secure a U.N. Security Council warning to North Korea that there would be consequences if it conducted a nuclear test.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that ruling party lawmakers will conduct a fresh investigation into the Japanese military's alleged forced sexual slavery of women during World War II
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Japan said Thursday it had obtained intelligence indicating that North Korea may be preparing to test fire a short-range missile that could reach most of the main Japanese islands, in what would be the latest provocation from the communist country.
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Turning the tables on Tokyo, North Korea  has called on Japan to investigate the case of one of its  nationals who went missing in 1991 while working in Russia,  saying it presumed Japan had abducted him.
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BEIJING (Kyodo) Japan pressed North Korea on Sunday to provide fuller accounts of 10 Japanese who Tokyo says were abducted by Pyongyang agents, but the North did not provide new information as they wrapped up two days of talks, Japan&#39;s chief delegate said
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Astana- Tokyo, September 27 KAZINFORM referring to Jiji Press--North Korea has corrected its information about Megumi Yokota, a Japanese citizen suspected to be kidnapped by North Korean agents decades ago, Japanese government officials said Sunday night.
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Japanese and North Korean envoys began a new round of talks Saturday on a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North&#39;s agents decades ago, and the chief Japanese delegate
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Japanese and North Korean envoys began a new round of talks Saturday on a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago, and a Japanese diplomat reportedly expressed "serious concern" over a possible planned North Korean missile test.
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U.S. envoy Christopher Hill was en route to North Korea Thursday for talks on the next moves to be made under a nuclear disarmament agreement reached earlier this year, a Japanese government spokesman said.
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Japan&#39;s prime minister on Monday said he was not satisfied with the outcome of North Korea&#39;s investigation into the fate of several Japanese nationals abducted decades ago by the communist country&#39;s spies.
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The Japanese media reported Friday that the Japanese government believes the North Korean military buildup at missile bases is part of a military drill and that the Japanese plan to ask the North to explain its actions.
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Japan scrambled on Friday to check a  report that an Asian body had been found in Iraq after a  deadline expired for the beheading of a Japanese youth whose  captors had demanded that Tokyo withdraw its troops.
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TOKYO - Japan on Friday increased pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to take the initiative in investigating the cases of his country&#39;s abductions of Japanese in a prompt and sincere manner, warning Tokyo could otherwise impose economic