North Korea abduction issue “Government is taking strategic steps”

The North Korean abduction issue has been hampered by the difficulties of the US-North Korea talks over denuclearization, and the victims' families have been struggling to make their immediate family members return home as soon as possible. And ask the government to work on it.

Regarding the abduction issue, U.S. President Donald Trump raised the agenda to North Korea's Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Korean Labor Party last year, at a U.S.-Japan summit meeting, but denuclearization talks were difficult. The path remains invisible.

Shigeo Iizuka, a family association representative and Yaeko Taguchi's older brother (81), looked back on last year, saying, "It's a reality that there wasn't much movement, and both families and victims felt that they were still or not yet." It's piled up. "

Last year, the family urged a decision to return the victims by sending a message to President Kim for the first time, saying that if all victims return home, no action would be taken to prevent normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and North Korea.

Mr. Iizuka wants to realize that his immediate family can return to Japan. "I've been fighting for a long time and have been patient and I can't wait any longer. I want to give it. "

He said, `` I want the government to think first about what to do if the victims really come back, do not be impatient, and start by ensuring that all the abductees are returned as a top priority item in the negotiations. '' We are asking the government to work strategically to get our immediate family members home as soon as possible.