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Japan did not hide deep dissatisfaction over Washington's removal of North Korea from a list of state sponsors of terrorism. A senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official called U.S. media reports that the North was being delisted "mis-reports." Another government official said Prime Minister Taro Aso was "unconvinced" about the U.S. step.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, who is in charge of the issue of North Korea¡¯s abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 80s, urged North Korea to act on its accord with Japan to form a new investigation committee. "There can be no retreat in our policy on the abduction issue,¡± he said.
"Trust in our ally the U.S. is being seriously shaken and dark clouds hang over the abduction issue," the Asahi Shimbun wrote. "Japan has been put outside the fold,¡± complained Shigeo Iizuka, the chairman of a group of relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea. "The (Japanese) government, instead of asking other countries, should take its own specific actions."
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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