Overview
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Tokyo is pressing for a leaders’ meeting through multiple routes and declined to detail Pyongyang’s reaction.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told an abductee rally on November 3 that she asked for talks with Kim Jong Un to secure the early return of victims.
- Takaichi pledged to take personal leadership and act boldly to deliver concrete results on the long‑running abductee issue.
- The government reiterated it will exhaust all means for the swift return of all abductees and stressed proactive national action alongside international outreach.
- Takaichi met U.S. President Donald Trump on October 28 to seek cooperation, and Trump met abductees and expressed full support.