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Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, a close aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, calls on North Korea to move to realize an early summit to resolve the issue of the past abduction of Japanese nationals.
North Korea condemned Japan on Wednesday for continuing to demand Pyongyang resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago, claiming that such a stance runs counter to Tokyo's hope for a summit with the North without preconditions. Ri Pyong-dok, a researcher at the Institute for Japan Studies of the North's foreign ministry, said the abductee issue has been "completely, final.
North Korea has criticized Japan over a symposium it will host with the United Nations and other countries on Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals, reiterating the issue has been resolved, state-run media said on June 28.