Noel Paul Stookey performs 'Song for Megumi' at PM's official re

Noel Paul Stookey performs 'Song for Megumi' at PM's official re

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. folk singer Noel Paul Stookey performs ''Song for Megumi'' at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Feb. 20 for an audience that includes (from C to R) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Shigeru Yokota and his wife Sakie, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13. Stookey says he wrote the song to help raise people's awareness of the abduction issue. (Kyodo)

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