Kaoru Hasuike, who was abducted by North Korea before returning to Japan, on Wednesday called for Japan to work with the United States to press North Korea to help reunite Japanese abductees and their families.

Imagine that one day, out of the blue, a friend or family member disappears and are taken abroad. For decades you and your loved ones have been torn apart. Well, not so long ago, at least 17 Japanese people were abducted by North Korea.

Despite great trepidation in Tokyo that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was not up to the task, the U.S.–Japan summit was a success for bilateral relations and boosting Ishiba’s political strength. President Donald Trump affirmed long-standing U.

Japan’s decades-long struggle to resolve the abduction issue faces another setback as families oppose the government’s latest strategy of opening new liaison offices.

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North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. North Korea's state-run Korean ...