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Japan extends sanctions on North Korea for six months

Japan extended sanctions it imposed last year on North Korea because of a lack of progress on resolving the issue of abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korean agents, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said.

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