Hardline sanctions against North Korea could have a reverse effect on settling the abduction issue with the hermit state, the brother of a repatriated abductee warned Thursday in Tokyo.
Toru Hasuike, whose brother, Kaoru, was returned to Japan in October 2002 after being held for 24 years by the North, told a news conference that the government should try a more flexible approach.
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