Japan - sanctions are a possibility against N.Korea

The strange, but possibly true, 'abduction issue' may make some progress at last. Or not. Foreign Ministry officials are cautiously hoping for some results from a high level delegation to N.Korea to find some sort of explaination for the fate of ten missing Japanese citizens. Removing humanitaran aid is the stick , the re-election of Bush is another stick and removing the nuclear option through the Six Nations forum is yet another stick still. They may be right to be cautious more from Asahi Shimbun...