Family Members of Abductees by North Korea Meet Prime Minister Abe

TOKYO, JAPAN - APRIL 03: Sakie (R) and Shigeru Yokota (L), the parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977, speak at a news conference on April 3 after a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on April 3, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Relatives of abductees, who may possibly number dozens, expressed a mixture of expectation and irritation over the government's efforts to settle the issue that remains the key obstacle to Japan normalizing diplomatic relations with North Korea. When it reopened its investigation in July 2014, North Korea said it expected to offer new information on the issue within a year. But since then, nothing of any value has emerged. Despite its pledge to present an initial progress report by the fall of 2014, Pyongyang suddenly notified Tokyo in September of its decision to postpone the release of the report for the foreseeable future. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)