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      "date": "2008-03-19",
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      "title": "North Korea\u2019s Abduction of Japanese Citizens and the Six-Party Talks",
      "summary": "The admission by North Korea in 2002 that it abducted several Japanese nationals\u2014most of them nearly 30 years ago\u2014continues to affect significantly the Six-Party Talks on North Korea\u2019s nuclear weapons program. This report provides background information on the abductee issue, summarizes its effect on Japanese politics, analyzes its impact on U.S.-Japan relations, and assesses its regional implications. Congress has indicated considerable interest in the abductions issue. The North Korean Human Rights Act (P.L. 108-333) includes a sense of the Congress that non-humanitarian aid be contingent on North Korean progress in accounting for the Japanese abductees. A House hearing in April 2006 focused on North Korea\u2019s abductions of foreign citizens, with testimony from former abductees and their relatives. Some Members of Congress have sponsored legislation (S.Res. 399 and H.R. 3650) that support Japan\u2019s call for settlement of the abductions controversy before North Korea is removed from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list. This report will be updated as events warrant.",
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