North Korea abductee's mother hopes for progress on issue under new Japan PM

The mother of Megumi Yokota -- a symbolic victim of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals decades ago -- voiced hope Thursday that the government will make progress on the issue under the next prime minister, after little headway had been made in recent years.Japan officially lists 17 citizens as having been abducted by North Korea but suspects Pyongyang's involvement in many other disappearances. Five, not including Yokota, were repatriated in 2002, but no further progress has been reported since.Megumi was abducted at age 13 by North Korean agents in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea …READ FULL ARTICLE