Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday called for support for an early resolution on its nationals abducted by North Korean agents, during a meeting in Myanmar with China, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries.
Kishida told his counterparts that Japan is carefully watching North Korea's recent restart of its investigation into the decades-old abductees issue and suggested cooperation from other Asian countries is needed for its early resolution, according to a diplomat who participated in the meeting in Myanmar's capital, Naypyitaw.
In early July, Japan lifted some of its unilateral sanctions on North Korea after Pyongyang launched a special committee to investigate the whereabouts of the missing Japanese.