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Nature 434, 685 (7 April 2005) | doi:10.1038/434685a; Published online 6 April 2005

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Job switch stymies Japan's abduction probe

David Cyranoski

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Geneticist's new post could stop him testifying about DNA tests.

A geneticist has landed a plum job at the Tokyo police department, just weeks after his work rekindled a row over the fate of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea. But critics are claiming that the transfer of Tomio Yoshii from Teikyo University to head the forensics unit at the Tokyo metropolitan police department is intended to shield him from enquiries about the accuracy of his DNA tests.