Japan eyes economic aid to North Korea in policy overhaul

Japan has been facing growing calls internally for overhauling its policy toward North Korea, by allowing talks on possible economic aid to precede the delayed effort to resolve the issue of past abductions of Japanese by Pyongyang, government sources said Friday.While North Korea has shown no signs of backing down from claiming that the issue of abductions in the 1970s and 1980s has been settled, Japan has maintained it will not normalize diplomatic relations with the North and extend economic assistance unless the issue is resolved.The proposed policy, which still faces strong opposition …READ FULL ARTICLE