The families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago depart for Washington to seek support from U.S legislators and government officials for their return.
The Japanese government has launched a "summit" of junior high school students across Japan in order to bring greater attention to North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s.
North Korea is willing to hold talks with Japan if they are not confined to the abduction issue that Pyongyang claims has been resolved, according to the country's state media reported