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Kyodo news summary -2-+(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)TOKYO, April 27_(Kyodo) _ ---------- S. Korean prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Hyundai Motor chairman SEOUL - South Korea's prosecutors on Thursday sought an arrest warrant for Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong Koo, accused of creating a slush fund to bribe politicians and government officials for business favors, Yonhap News Agency reported. Chung and his son Eui Sun, the president of Kia Motors Corp., an affiliate of the automotive group, are at the center of allegations that the group used about 110 billion won (US$116 million) to bribe officials and politicians for help in obtaining construction permits, reducing debts and other favors for its ailing affiliates. ---------- Japan places N. Korean ex-agent on int'l wanted list over abduction TOKYO - Japan on Thursday placed former North Korean spy Sin Guang Su and a suspected accomplice on an international wanted list through Interpol on a charge of abducting Japanese national Tadaaki Hara, officials said. The Japanese police have obtained arrest warrants for Sin, 76, and Kim Gil Uk, a former school principal, on suspicion of abducting Hara with the intent of transferring him abroad, the officials said. Hara disappeared in 1980, when he was 43. ---------- Bush may meet Yokota's mother, other relatives of Japanese abductees WASHINGTON - U.S. President George W. Bush is considering meeting with visiting relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, including Megumi Yokota's mother, on Friday morning at the White House, U.S. administration sources said Wednesday. Senior White House officials told the relatives earlier in the day that Bush maintains strong concern about North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals. ---------- Japanese war veteran leaves hometown after 1st visit in 63 years MORIOKA, Japan - A former Imperial Japanese Army soldier who had a dramatic family reunion in his hometown in Iwate Prefecture for the first time since he went missing in Sakhalin after the end of World War II left the town on Thursday to head back to Ukraine. Ishinosuke Uwano, 83, who was recently confirmed to be alive in Ukraine, arrived in the town of Hirono earlier in April and met with his younger brother and two younger sisters. During his one-week stay, he also visited his parents' grave. ---------- Top officials agree to submit education law revision bill to Cabinet TOKYO - Top Japanese bureaucrats agreed Thursday to submit a controversial bill to the Cabinet that would amend the 1947 basic education law to emphasize the public spirit and Japanese traditions, government officials said. Vice ministers from government ministries and agencies made the decision at their regular meeting. |