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North Korea abduction issue
![Shinzo Abe's North Korea Dilemma Shinzo Abe's North Korea Dilemma](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_173751533413.jpg)
Shinzo Abe's North Korea Dilemma
By Yuichiro Kakutani
Domestic political calculations, not national interest, are behind Abe's approach to North Korea.
![Japanese-DPRK Agreement on Sanctions and Abductees Japanese-DPRK Agreement on Sanctions and Abductees](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-30_04-49-43.jpg)
Japanese-DPRK Agreement on Sanctions and Abductees
By Clint Richards
Japan agrees to ease North Korean sanctions in return for a renewed investigation into its abducted citizens.
![Japan-DPRK Summit Scope Remains Limited Japan-DPRK Summit Scope Remains Limited](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-27_04-08-50.jpg)
Japan-DPRK Summit Scope Remains Limited
By Clint Richards
Japan and North Korea make positive noises, while keeping expectations to a minimum.
![Japan-North Korea Negotiations to Resume Japan-North Korea Negotiations to Resume](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-20_09-11-20.jpg)
Japan-North Korea Negotiations to Resume
By Clint Richards
Despite intense rhetoric, there is space for tactical concessions and further detente.
![An End to the “Lost Decade” in Japan-North Korea Relations? An End to the “Lost Decade” in Japan-North Korea Relations?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-07_12-57-00.jpg)
An End to the “Lost Decade” in Japan-North Korea Relations?
By Sebastian Maslow
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been taking steps to ease tensions between the two East Asian neighbors.
![Japan, North Korea to Pursue Formal Talks Japan, North Korea to Pursue Formal Talks](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-21_03-14-44.jpg)
Japan, North Korea to Pursue Formal Talks
By Ankit Panda
Japan and North Korea will resume high-level bilateral talks after a hiatus of over a year.
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