Japan’s PM asks for support in abduction dispute with NKorea


BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he has asked the leaders of four Central European countries for help in a long dispute with North Korea over the abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago.
Abe says he has asked for “understanding and support” on an issue that is “very important” for Japan.
Japan says North Korea abducted at least 17 Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s to train agents in Japanese language and culture to spy on South Korea.

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