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ABDUCTION

JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2014
Abductees' families warn official visit to Pyongyang may not yield answers
Some relatives of abductees say Tokyo should eschew North Korea's invitation to send officials to Pyongyang, believing it would yield few details on the fate of their loved ones.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2014
North Korea asks Japanese to go to Pyongyang for abduction briefing
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that North Korea has asked Japanese officials to visit Pyongyang to receive the latest information on its probe into the fate of Japanese abductees.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2014
Japan, North Korea to hold abductions talks in China next week
Japan and North Korea will hold talks next week in China on Pyongyang's inquiry into the Japanese victims of its abductions of foreign nationals, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2014
North Korea asks Japanese woman if she wants to go home
North Korean authorities have purportedly offered a Japanese national living there a chance to return home.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 18, 2014
Abe to seek Obama's 'acceptance' of North abduction talks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to seek U.S. President Barack Obama's "acceptance" at their summit next Thursday of Tokyo's consultations with Pyongyang on the abduction issue, a government source said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Apr 16, 2014
Hague jars with Japan's family law, a zero-sum game with only one outcome
A Japanese lawyer told me: 'To Westerners, marriage means 1+1=2. But in Japan it equals 1.' This made perfect sense to me, but perhaps I should explain.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2014
Japan, N.K. envoys may hold secret talks soon
Japanese and North Korean diplomats are exploring the possibility of secretly meeting in the not-so-distant future to capitalize on their first formal talks since November 2012, a source familiar with the situation said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 5, 2014
Yokota's parents brief U.S. envoy
The parents of Megumi Yokota, a symbol of the abduction issue involving Japanese snatched by North Korea, said Saturday they have briefed a visiting U.S. envoy on their meeting last month with Yokota's daughter in Mongolia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2014
Child abduction agreement too late for many parents
To some parents, Japan's official entry Tuesday into the Hague convention on cross-border child abductions doesn't represent the light at the end of the tunnel, but the arrival of more obstacles in the prolonged effort to retrieve their children, experts say.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 2, 2014
Left-behind dad eyes an end to abduction culture
How Richard Cory rescued his daughter and lost his abducted sons.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 1, 2014
Japan gears up to follow child custody treaty
As Japan formally joins the international treaty for settling cross-border child custody disputes, the government, the judicial community and social workers began preparing to support parents and children separated as a result of failed marriages.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2014
American fathers urge compliance
A group of U.S. fathers urged Japan on Monday to comply with the international convention for settling cross-border child custody disputes and help them and other American parents reunite with their children living in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2014
North open to talks on abductees: Ihara
North Korea appears open to restarting discussions on the abduction issue, a senior Japanese official said after two days of talks with North Korean officials in Beijing.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 28, 2014
Easing of sanctions on North possible
Japan's sanctions against North Korea could be eased if Pyongyang deals squarely with the abduction issue, a Cabinet minister said Friday ahead of renewed intergovernmental talks next week.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 21, 2014
March 30 and 31 set for Japan-N. Korea government talks
Japan and North Korea will hold intergovernmental talks in Beijing on March 30 to 31, the first such meeting since November 2012, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2014
Japanese, North Korean envoys chat at Red Cross meeting
Foreign Ministry officials held informal talks with their North Korean counterparts on the sidelines of a meeting Monday between the Red Cross societies of their respective nations in Shenyang, northeastern China.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 3, 2014
Sapporo girl, 9, missing for week found safe; man in custody
A 9-year-old Sapporo girl missing for nearly a week is found safe at a nearby apartment rented by a man with apparent mental issues.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jan 6, 2014
The empire strikes back: the top issues for non-Japanese in 2013
2013 saw the enfranchised elite consolidating their power further than has ever been seen in the postwar era, while Japan's disenfranchised peoples slipped ever lower down the totem pole, becoming targets of suspicion, fear and loathing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2013
Ex-Aum fugitive agrees to pay slain notary's kin
A ex-Aum Shinrikyo fugitive accused of helping to abduct a Tokyo notary in 1995 has reached a deal with the victim's family to pay ¥10 million and reveal all he knows about the incident, a lawyer says.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2013
Japan to join child custody pact in April
The government plans to join the international treaty for settling cross-border child custody disputes in April.
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Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
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How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
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