japanese foreign ministry representative junichi ihara met with his south korean counterpart to share concerns over the north's recent ballistic missile launches. japan recently lifted some of its sanctions on the north after pyongyang started to investigate the fate of japanese nationals abducted in the 1970s and '80s. wang says seoul supports japan's efforts to resolve the abduction issue, but he hopes it will not negatively affect bilateral and trilateral coordination with the united states on the north's nuclear and missile issues. the two officials agreed that pyongyang should take specific steps toward denuclearization as a prerequisite for restarting the six-party talks. the talks have been on hold for more than five years. >> translator: there was a stranger there and then stuck it right in my face. >> one woman lost her lips. another was assaulted by her husband in front of her children. these abused women in new begin knee are in a video created by an aid group called child fund australia. members say 70% of women in papua new gunieu have been victims of domestic violence. l

the chief on the foreign minister, junichi ihara led the japanese delegation. lee san-deck led the team from seoul. they discuss the statement issued 21 years ago. ihara says he explained the results of the study el-sisiier this year into how the statement was composed. the statement said that many of the women were recruited against their will to work in brothels at the request of the japanese military during world war ii. excludeing those from japan many of the women were from the korean peninsula. the statement expressed apologies and remorse. ihara said the japanese government conducted the study in the interest of accountability. he said there is no change in the government's stance of upholding the statement. but lee criticized the japanese government for conducting the study. he says efforted to compromise the statement will only lead to japan's reputation being damaged. the japanese and south korean foreign ministers are scheduled to attend a conference next month in myanmar. japanese officials are hoping they can meet one-on-one. >>> police in shanghai