Memorial ceremony for father of N. Korea abductee

Memorial ceremony for father of N. Korea abductee

(From L in front row) Sakie Yokota, the widow of Shigeru Yokota, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his predecessor Shinzo Abe attend a memorial ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2020, for Shigeru Yokota, who died in June at the age of 87. Yokota worked tirelessly for the return of his daughter Megumi and her compatriots who were abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.

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