Kin of N. Korean abduction victims meet PM Suga

Kin of N. Korean abduction victims meet PM Suga

Shigeo Iizuka (R), who heads a group of families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, and Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted in 1977 at age 13, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2020, after meeting with Yoshihide Suga for the first time since he became Japan's new prime minister earlier in the month.

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