Death of N. Korean abduction victim's father

Death of N. Korean abduction victim's father

File photo taken in November 2003 shows Tamotsu Chimura (R), whose son Yasushi was abducted by North Korea in 1978 and returned to Japan in 2002 with four other abductees, speaking in Oji, Nara Prefecture, western Japan. Chimura died on July 10, 2020, at age 93.

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