Tokyo: Families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea are urging
President Donald Trump to do more than just bring up the issue at his
expected talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Trump told
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their meeting at Trump's
Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida yesterday that he would "raise" the
abductions issue a top Japanese priority in his meeting with Kim.
But
Shigeo Iizuka, whose sister was abducted by North Korea decades ago,
said today that the families want real discussions on logistical issues
regarding their loved ones' return.
Pyongyang has acknowledged
abducting 13 Japanese, while Tokyo maintains North Korea abducted 17.
Five have been returned to Japan. North Korea says eight others died and
denies the remaining four entered its territory.
