Japan PM Abe conveys resolve to abductee families following U.N. speech

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated to the families of North Korean abduction victims on Thursday his government's determination to bring them back to Japan in cooperation with the United States.In a meeting with the relatives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Abe said he expressed his resolve in his address at the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York earlier this month.In the same setting, U.S. President Donald Trump had referred to Megumi Yokota, the daughter of Shigeru and Sakie Yokota who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13 and has become a symbol of the abductees'…READ FULL ARTICLE