Japan Urges N. Korea to Provide Update on Abductee Probe

Japan has called on North Korea to provide more information on an investigation into the fate of Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang decades ago. In May, Pyongyang agreed to reopen a probe into the fate of Japanese abductees and of other missing Japanese in return for Tokyo easing sanctions against North Korea. Later, Tokyo lifted some of its sanctions, including restrictions on travel and money remittances. But it kept in place a ban on exports to and from North Korea. The North...

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