Alleged Kidnappings to Be Investigated

The government will investigate claims that its agents have kidnapped Japanese citizens, officials said at the close of talks with a delegation from Japan. The Communist country also said it was willing to allow more homecoming visits by Japanese women who have lived in North Korea for decades as wives of North Koreans. Past talks had stalled over allegations that North Korean agents abducted about 10 Japanese over the last two decades and took them home as language teachers, including a 13-year-old girl in 1977.