The government will send a fact-finding mission to North Korea for four days beginning Saturday to gather information on Japanese nationals abducted to the Stalinist state.
"We want to gather as much information as possible," including remains for possible DNA testing, Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi told reporters Wednesday.
The mission will consist of about 10 officials from the Foreign Ministry and the Cabinet Secretariat.
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