Prime Minister Naoto Kan, together with Mr. Yoshito Sengoku, Chief Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Hiroshi Nakai, Minister of State for the Abduction Issue, and others, met with family members of abductees at the Prime Minister's Office, and received a letter of request from Mr. Shigeo Iizuka, Representative of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea (AFVKN).