Kosuke Takahashi is a Tokyo-based journalist. His work has appeared in the Asahi Shimbun, Bloomberg, Asia Times, Jane's Defence Weekly and The Diplomat, among other publications. You can follow him on Twitter.
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Vice minister’s actual role remains unclear, but may be close confidant to Kim Jong Un
Japanese government wants assurances of panel’s authority to fully investigate abduction of its citizens
Now, as in 2008, the North has too much at stake to give a full accounting for all Japanese abductees
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