The abduction issue is of the biggest interest to Japan, and we strongly urge North Korea to seriously consider the issue and come up with sincere and concrete measures.

That's totally unrelated to the issue at hand and makes us skeptical about just how sincere they are to come to a conclusion over their abduction of our people.

There was no satisfactory answer from the North Korean side. This is very regrettable.

I want to build a studio in my backyard. The interest rates are low now, so who knows.

He'd have a natural interest in what a Russian spymaster had to say, ... It turned out later that he was the person Hanssen originally sent his letter to apply for his job at the KGB.

I don't have any interest in doing something that's weak musically.