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金総書記、日本人拉致認める
17日、小泉純一郎首相と北朝鮮の金正日総書記による史上初の日朝首脳会談が開かれ、金総書記は日本人拉致疑惑を認め、謝罪した。拉致されたと見られていた11人を含む14人の安否が公表され、8人の死亡が明らかになった。
Kim admits abducting Japanese: five alive, eight dead, one missing
Five Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s are alive, but eight others have died there, Pyongyang said during a landmark meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sept. 17.
For the first time, Kim acknowledged North Korea's responsibility for the "regrettable" acts and offered an apology, pledging that such incidents will never be repeated.
Tokyo had listed 11 people as believed to have been abducted by North Korean agents. Pyongyang said that it knows nothing about one of them, but also gave information on three other Japanese who were not on Tokyo's list. It said two of them have died in North Korea and one is still alive.
During their talks in Pyongyang, Kim explained that the abductions were carried out by members of espionage organizations, who sought to have the abductees teach agents the Japanese language and use their identities to allow the agents to enter South Korea for espionage operations.
Kim said Pyongyang has conducted an investigation and already punished those involved. According to Pyongyang, the eight died of illness or in natural disasters. Koizumi said he asked Kim to continue probing the cases and give further explanations to their families.
Pyongyang will allow the four survivors to return or visit their hometowns, "if they wish."
List of abductees
Five Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s are alive, but eight others have died there, Pyongyang said during a landmark meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sept. 17.
For the first time, Kim acknowledged North Korea's responsibility for the "regrettable" acts and offered an apology, pledging that such incidents will never be repeated.
Tokyo had listed 11 people as believed to have been abducted by North Korean agents. Pyongyang said that it knows nothing about one of them, but also gave information on three other Japanese who were not on Tokyo's list. It said two of them have died in North Korea and one is still alive.
During their talks in Pyongyang, Kim explained that the abductions were carried out by members of espionage organizations, who sought to have the abductees teach agents the Japanese language and use their identities to allow the agents to enter South Korea for espionage operations.
Kim said Pyongyang has conducted an investigation and already punished those involved. According to Pyongyang, the eight died of illness or in natural disasters. Koizumi said he asked Kim to continue probing the cases and give further explanations to their families.
Pyongyang will allow the four survivors to return or visit their hometowns, "if they wish."
List of abductees
(ages shown are those at the time of the abduction)
Confirmed dead:
Megumi Yokota, 13: junior high school student in Niigata Prefecture who disappeared in 1977; she has a daughter who lives in Pyongyang
Keiko Arimoto, 23: disappeared after traveling to England to study in 1983
Rumiko Masumoto, 24, and Shuichi Ichikawa, 23: went missing together from the Kagoshima Prefecture coast in 1978
Yaeko Taguchi, 22: disappeared in Tokyo in 1978
Tadaaki Hara, 49: kidnapped from the Miyazaki Prefecture coast in 1980
Kaoru Matsuki, 26, and Toru Ishioka, 22: went missing in Europe; they were not among the 11
Confirmed alive:
Yasushi Chimura, 23, and Fukie Hamamoto, 22: fiances who disappeared from the Fukui Prefecture coast in 1978
Yukiko Okudo, 22, and Kaoru Hasuike, 20: vanished from the Niigata Prefecture coast in 1978
Hitomi Soga: not among the 11
Still missing:
Yutaka Kume, 52: disappeared from the Ishikawa Prefecture coast in 1977
Shukan ST: Sept. 27, 2002
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