Staff writer
OBAMA, Fukui Pref. -- Japan's plans to extend emergency food aid to North Korea have been welcomed by the international community as a great humanitarian gesture.
But for relatives of Japanese who are believed to have been abducted by North Korean agents and taken to the reclusive country, there is concern that diplomats and politicians will give away food without any promises from Pyongyang to account for those who disappeared.
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