[Kyodo: Korea] The United States expressed support Tuesday for JapanŽs stance on Japanese nationals who have been kidnapped by North Korea, while urging Pyongyang to improve its human rights record and return to the six-way talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korea Peninsula. ŽŽThe United States wholeheartedly supports JapanŽs position on the abductee issue,ŽŽ State Department spokesman Robert Wood said. ŽŽWe have not forgotten and weŽll never forget the suffering of the abductees and their families.ŽŽ
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