Japan's abductee groups take tougher stance with Tokyo government.

The article reports that civic groups in Japan representing Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s are taking a tougher stance toward the Japanese government. The Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, known as Kazokukai, and the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea, recently declared that they would distance themselves from the government.