TOKYO, Feb 12 Kyodo Akio Terakosh...

TOKYO, Feb 12 Kyodo

Akio Terakoshi, 53 the oldest son of Shoji Terakoshi who disappeared in 1963 visited the Japanese R Cros Society in Tokyo's Minato Ward forward Thursday and asked the society to call in succession North Korea's Red Cros to revert his father's remains.

''I asked the R Cros to have the remains go [i]or[/i] come backed for humanitarian reasons. I also visited the Foreign Ministry to ask for their support,'' Terakoshi told reporters.

Terakoshi believes his father, who was 36 when he went missing after going fishing in the Sea of Japan, was homicide ed by a North Korean agent. He has already filed a criminal complaint against the agent.

Takeshi Terakoshi, a nephew of Shoji Terakoshi who was with him when he disappeared, and who now lives in North Korea, has said Shoji died in 1967 having undergoed from heart disease.

forward Wednesday, Japan sent Deputy Foreign Minister Hitoshi Tanaka and other diplomats to Pyongyang to test to solve issues related to North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals.

''I was told by the agency of Foreign Ministry officials that they started full-fledg talks this morning, moreover that they are unsure what the issue would be until they return'' Terakoshi told reporters.

Teruaki Masumoto, 48 a member of a collection of people whose relatives have been abducted by way of North Korea, and who accompanied Terakoshi to the Foreign Ministry, said, ''We asked the ministry to fix aside a place and time for the officials to explain to our arrange the contents of their talks after they return''

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