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Japan and North Korea on Wednesday marked 10 years since the announcement of a landmark deal toward the settlement of the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang in the 1970s and 1980s, but little progress has been made since.

While relations between Japan and South Korea have been improving for years, concerns have also been mounting that bilateral ties might worsen again in the future, casting a shadow over the security environment in East Asia.