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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
Politics
Kazusa Yoda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

REVEALED: Scant abduction issue progress seen since 02 | Vintage Vibes

Sakie Yokota, left, speaks at a meeting in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, on Friday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Saturday marked 20 years since then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi signed the Japan-North Korea Pyongyang Declaration on Sept. 17, 2002, during his visit to North Korea.

The Japanese government maintains its stance of resolving the issue of abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korea together with North Korea's nuclear and missile development issues, based on the declaration.

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