North Korea gave a verbal interim report Wednesday on its reinvestigation into 10 Japanese who Tokyo says were abducted in the past, as the two nations kicked off two-day working-level talks, a Foreign Ministry source said.
But the source declined to comment on details, saying, "There's a need to report it to related concerns."
After an all-day plenary session at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, the source said Japan questioned North Korea about Susumu Fujita, who is believed to have been abducted to the North.