The eldest brother of Yaeko Taguchi, one of the Japanese abducted to North Korea who according to Pyongyang died in the Stalinist state, plans to meet Friday with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, the family said Wednesday.
It will be the first time Taguchi's relatives have gone public. So far they have avoided doing so because of complicated emotions surrounding the case.
The brother is expected to join the relatives of other Japanese abducted to North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s in their meeting with Koizumi, the first since his trip to Pyongyang last week.
The wife of Taguchi's other brother said the family planned to have the eldest brother take part in the meeting because "we want to convey our feelings properly."