Japan's policy on North Korea under Prime Minister Taro Aso will remain focused on resolving the abduction issue, new Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said Tuesday.
"Japan's position has not changed at all under the new administration," Nakasone said in an interview with The Japan Times and other media organizations.
Japan's sanctions against the hermit state will not be lifted while the North continues to suspend a probe into the abduction issue and takes measures to reactivate its nuclear reprocessing facility, he said.