Signature-collecting campaign to rescue Japanese abducted to N. Korea

Signature-collecting campaign to rescue Japanese abducted to N. Korea

Hitomi Soga (L), one of the five abductees repatriated to Japan from North Korea in 2002, collects signatures in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 10, 2016, calling on the Japanese government to take action to rescue those abducted to North Korea, including her mother Miyoshi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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