Petition for Japanese abductees' quick return from N. Korea

Petition for Japanese abductees' quick return from N. Korea

Teruaki Masumoto (far L), whose elder sister Rumiko was abducted in 1978 by North Korea at age 24, submits a petition with about 4,200 signatures to Hiromi Mitsubayashi (far R), senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, in Tokyo on March 23, 2021, calling for a quick return of the victims of North Korean abductions.

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