Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a letter of request from the Parliamentarian League for Early Repatriation of Japanese Citizens Kidnapped by North Korea, the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea (AFVKN), the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea (NARKN), and the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea at the Prime Minister’s Office, together with the attendance of Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue Furuya and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kishida.