Abductees' kin oppose N. Korea trip by Japanese officials

Abductees' kin oppose N. Korea trip by Japanese officials

TOKYO, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of the Japanese Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, hands a petition to Eriko Yamatani, state minister in charge of the abduction issue, in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014, to convey the group's opposition to a proposed trip for Japanese government officials to visit North Korea on a fact-finding mission. (Kyodo)

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