Shigeru Kitamura (北村滋, ''Kitamura Shigeru'') is current Participate of Cabinet Secretariat, National Security Secretariat Secretary General in Japan under

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and a former head of the

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, a Japanese

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History

Shigeru joined the

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in 1980, serving as the head in Tokushima Prefecture, chief of its Security Division, and Director of the Foreign Affairs Division. He was in charge of the police response to cases of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens. In October 2018, he met with his North Korean counterparts from the United Front Department of the

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to discuss the abduction issue.

References

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