 North Korea eventually returned five of the thirteen kidnapped, claiming the other eight had died.The positive effect on relations disintegrated when Japan claimed that a DNA test had proved that the returned remains of Megumi Yokota, kidnapped at 13 and said by North Korea to have committed suicide, were in fact not hers.Japan has pressed North Korea to come clean on the abduction, but Pyongyang insists that the issue has already been resolved.