last week, transferring leadership to Takuya Yokota, the younger brother of abductee Megumi Yokota who

Two of 17 members of a missionary group who were kidnapped more than a month ago have been freed in Haiti and are safe, “ in good spirits and being cared for, ” their Ohio-based church organization announced Sunday. Christian Aid Ministries issued a statement saying it could not give the names of those released, why they were freed or other information.“ While we rejoice at this release, our hearts are with the 15 people who are still being held, ” the group said. The spokesman for Haiti’s Natio

TOKYO( Reuters)-The Japanese government will work toward realising a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and families of those abducted by North Korea during his planned Japan visit, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Wednesday. Biden is set to visit Japan at some point this year for a planned meeting of the so-called Quad security group that includes Australia, India, Japan and the United States but no specific date has been announced for the meeting.... He alluded to a pote

binding, also expressed" grave concern at the long years of severe suffering experienced by abductees

human rights, and of the immediate return of all abductees," referring to those abducted from Japan

, a resident of Upper Chitral, ruled that even, if any, consent of the alleged abductee was available

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, left, and abductees' family members Takuya Yokota

TOKYO( Reuters)-United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he supported his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida's attempts to hold face-to-face talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un." I have faith in Japan," Biden told reporters during Kishida's state visit to Washington this week.... " I think seeking a dialogue with him is a good thing." Kishida hopes to become the first Japanese leader in 20 years to hold leadership talks with nuclear-armed Pyongyang, but his prospects of doing

Kashmore police said on Tuesday they had recovered a third person from among five people abducted by riverine bandits. Advertisement Shikarpur Senior Superintendent of Police( SSP) Amjad Shaikh confirmed to Dawn. com the recovery of Dr Munir Naij — a Muslim doctor who had been taken hostage by the bandits along with three members of the Hindu community and another Muslim man. Police recovered two of the kidnapped people — Mukhi Jagdish Kumar and Jaideep Kumar — yesterday while Sagar Kumar and Mu

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct.... Following the launch of his Cabinet on Monday, Kishida said at a press conference that he is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un" without preconditions" to resolve the issue of the country's past abductions of Japanese nationals.... DPRK is the acronym of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name....