Kin of Japanese abducted by North Korea ask U.S. envoy for assistance

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s on Thursday sought assistance from the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to resolve the long-standing issue, noting that the abductees' parents are aging.Several members of the families' group held talks with the ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, at the Japanese prime minister's office, with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, who doubles as minister in charge of the abduction issue, in attendance.At the outset of the meeting, Sakie Yokota, the mother of Megumi, who has become a symbol of the abducte…READ FULL ARTICLE