FT.com: "North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has agreed to let all eight relatives of Japanese abducted by Pyongyang decades ago leave for Japan, media said, and a Japanese official said five would be reunited with their parents in Tokyo on Saturday."

Reuters: "North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said on Saturday that he wanted a nuclear-weapon-free Korean peninsula and reaffirmed a moratorium on ballistic missile lanuches, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said"