Japanese government delegation in North Korea for talks on abduction issue

Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asia and Oceania affairs bureau of Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at the Sunan International Airport, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The Japanese government delegation led by Ihara has arrived in Pyongyang to discuss the progress of a North Korean investigation into the fates of Japanese citizens abducted by the North's agents in the 1970s and 1980s. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (The Associated Press)

Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asia and Oceania affairs bureau of Japanese Foreign Ministry, waits in the lobby of the Koryo Hotel, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. A Japanese government delegation led by Ihara has arrived in Pyongyang to discuss the progress of a North Korean investigation into the fates of Japanese citizens abducted by the North's agents in the 1970s and 1980s. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (The Associated Press)

Junichi Ihara, center, director general of the Asia and Oceania affairs bureau of Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at the Sunan International Airport, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The Japanese government delegation led by Ihara has arrived in Pyongyang to discuss the progress of a North Korean investigation into the fates of Japanese citizens abducted by the North's agents in the 1970s and 1980s. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (The Associated Press)