Japan Eases Sanctions After N. Korea Promises Abductee Probe

Japan will ease sanctions on North Korea after the isolated nation said it would start a new investigation into abductees and other Japanese living there.

A group of Japanese ministers agreed today to loosen the restrictive measures, and the cabinet will approve the move tomorrow, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters today. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the investigation team that North Korea will establish tomorrow was “different from those in the past.”