Kishida vows to take every step to resolve North Korea abduction issue

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Wednesday that his authorities will take each doable measure to pursue the return of all of its residents who had been kidnapped by North Korea within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties.

Kishida’s remarks got here throughout a gathering at his workplace with relations of the Japanese abductees, who’ve lately claimed that they’d not oppose giving humanitarian assist to North Korea if it might result in the victims’ return.

To understand the early return of all of the abductees to Japan, “We are going to do our utmost to sort out the problem with out ruling out any choices,” Kishida mentioned, reiterating he has been desirous to have direct talks with North Korean chief Kim Jong Un “with out situations.”