Petition for return of abductees from N. Korea

Petition for return of abductees from N. Korea

Akihiko Matsuura (4th from L), head of industrial union UA Zensen, hands a letter of signatures it collected with the aim of realizing return of Japanese abductees from North Korea, to Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on April 4, 2019. Seen next to Matsuura is Hajime Matsumoto, whose sister Kyoko is one of the abduction victims. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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