Japan may ask North Korea for compensation over the North's abduction of more than a dozen Japanese, and will provide no economic aid unless the North ceases targeting Japan with missiles, a Japanese official said Sunday.
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said on a television program that North Korea "clearly violated (Japan's) domestic law" with the abductions. "The government will consider actions, including demanding compensation, in line with international law," he added.
North Korea produced a list of 14 abducted Japanese during the summit meeting Tuesday in Pyongyang. Eight were listed as dead and five alive, with no records of the remaining person entering North Korea. It also admitted its agents conducted abductions. North Korea apologized and vowed never to allow such kidnappings to recur.