TOKYO–The wife of Japan’s incoming prime minister Yukio Hatoyama is a lifestyle guru, a macrobiotics enthusiast, a cookbook author and a retired actress. Miyuki Hatoyama also says she was abducted by ...

TORONTO — The Japanese government insists it has been complying with international child-abduction rules despite criticism to the contrary from Canadian parents who have been unable to gain access to ...

Tokyo, Nov. 15 (Jiji Press)--With Saturday marking 48 years since the abduction of a 13-year-old Japanese girl by North Korea, time appears to be running out for Japan to resolve the abduction issue.

FILE PHOTO: Woman takes photo of illuminated ice sculpture at Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, northern Japan BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two European fathers who live in Japan will urge EU lawmakers this ...

Every year in Japan, thousands of fathers fall victim to parental child abduction. It very often follows the same pattern: the Japanese mother leaves suddenly with the child and then forbids the ...

Japan has not signed or ratified the 1980 Hague Convention, which requires the return of wrongfully held children to the countries where they usually live, despite a previous left-leaning government ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a lower house committee on Friday that the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has promised a thorough investigation into the abduction of Japanese ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has pledged to make utmost efforts to resolve as soon as possible the issue of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea. Takaichi met relatives of the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to “do everything within our power” to resolve the issue of North Korea’s abductions of Japanese citizens in a meeting with relatives of the missing on Oct. 28. Trump ...

Decades after the state-sponsored abduction of 13 of Japanese nationals, North Korea has announced that it will reopen an investigation into the case, in return for lifting sanctions against the ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea condemned on Friday plans by Japan to hold a summit in New York on the abduction of Japanese citizens by Pyongyang decades ago, saying the issue had been ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Japanese and North Korean officials held talks in Pyongyang for the first time in 10 years Tuesday, meeting to assess progress into North Korea’s investigation into the ...