Trump to raise abduction issue to N. Korea, U.S. reassures Japan

Senior U.S. officials reassured a Japanese Cabinet minister on Friday that President Donald Trump will raise the abduction issue firmly during his planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.Katsunobu Kato, minister in charge of the abduction issue, quoted the officials as telling him that Trump has a deep understanding of Pyongyang's kidnapping of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s, and that the president will respond to the issue in a resolute way.Kato held separate talks in Washington with Matt Pottinger, senior director for Asia at the National Security Council, and Thom…READ FULL ARTICLE