Is there any clear distinction in Japanese for the words 拉致 and 誘拐?


I'm writing an essay about the North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens.
In English literature I found that the concepts "abduction" and "kidnapping"
are used interchangeably. I'm not familiar with Japanese language, but some
languages have clear distinctions between words where other languages have
not. I wondered if the Japanese translations of the words can be used
interchangeably and if not, what the distinctions are. Do they have different
connotations?




[This Japanese WP entry](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AA%98%E6%8B%90) has
a very clear summary:

>
> 日本の法律用語としての「誘拐」とは、欺く行為や誘惑を手段として、他人の身柄を自己の実力的支配内に移すことを言う。暴行脅迫を用いた連れ去りを「誘拐」と呼ぶのは本来誤りだが（あらゆる国語辞典で「誘拐」に強制的なニュアンスは見られない）、マスコミにおいては、意思に反して無理矢理連れ去ること（拉致）に関しても「誘拐」という言葉が用いられ、日常用語でもそのような傾向が見られる。
>
> 誘拐, as a Japanese legal term, indicates the act of placing a person under
> one's effective control by way of deceit or temptation. While it is not
> accurate to use 誘拐 referring to the act of taking away by brute force or
> intimidation (no Japanese dictionary describes 誘拐 with forcible
> connotation), mass media is prone to use 誘拐 even when someone is forcibly
> taken away against their will (拉致), so are people in casual parlance.

拉致 is, of course, not limited to the North Korean conduct, but I think many
people today would associate it with that matter as if it were the capitalized
"Abduction".




[This Japanese WP entry](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AA%98%E6%8B%90) has
a very clear summary:

>
> 日本の法律用語としての「誘拐」とは、欺く行為や誘惑を手段として、他人の身柄を自己の実力的支配内に移すことを言う。暴行脅迫を用いた連れ去りを「誘拐」と呼ぶのは本来誤りだが（あらゆる国語辞典で「誘拐」に強制的なニュアンスは見られない）、マスコミにおいては、意思に反して無理矢理連れ去ること（拉致）に関しても「誘拐」という言葉が用いられ、日常用語でもそのような傾向が見られる。
>
> 誘拐, as a Japanese legal term, indicates the act of placing a person under
> one's effective control by way of deceit or temptation. While it is not
> accurate to use 誘拐 referring to the act of taking away by brute force or
> intimidation (no Japanese dictionary describes 誘拐 with forcible
> connotation), mass media is prone to use 誘拐 even when someone is forcibly
> taken away against their will (拉致), so are people in casual parlance.

拉致 is, of course, not limited to the North Korean conduct, but I think many
people today would associate it with that matter as if it were the capitalized
"Abduction".

