A group of the families of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea said Sunday the group's representative, Shigeru Yokota, will not visit Pyongyang for the time being, but group members are planning to visit the United States to raise awareness of the abductions issue.
In a meeting in Tokyo, the families also agreed to demand apologies from the secretaries general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. The families say party members have made insensitive remarks toward them and their cause.
They also called on parliamentarians to invite former North Korean agent An Myong Jin to the Diet. They want An to discuss what he knows about Japanese abductees in North Korea, including those Pyongyang denies knowledge of or says have died.