North Korea has produced a list of about 30 missing Japanese still living in the North, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported Thursday.

The list, containing triple the number of names as reported by the paper a week ago, includes confirmed victims of North Korean kidnappings taking place between 1977 and 1983. The Nikkei reported that Japan had matched two-thirds of the names with its own records.

The list includes some of the dozen kidnapping victims recognized by the Japanese government who have not yet been returned, the paper reported.

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