Abductees to get Abductees to get monthly stipend
Yomiuri Shimbun
The government, with the backing of the Liberal Democratic Party, plans to offer a monthly stipend of 240,000 yen each to the two Japanese couples abducted to North Korea ...
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An additional amount will be paid for the the abductees' children, all of whom are currently in North Korea. The monthly payment for the couples .. to pay full benefits no matter what other income the recipients earn.
...special provisions to help the abductees' North Korean-born children receive an education in Japan, asking universities to give the victims' children preferential treatment in admission, sources said.
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Weds. 20 Nov 2002 http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20021120wo02.htm