U.N. symposium on N. Korean abductions

Photo taken in Tokyo on June 29, 2021, shows Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato (L) taking part in at an online U.N. symposium on North Korea's past abductions of Japanese and other nationals. Also participating from Tokyo in the symposium co-hosted by Japan, Australia and the European Union were Takuya Yokota (C), the younger brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted at the age of 13 in 1977, and Koichiro Iizuka (R), the eldest son of Yaeko Taguchi, abducted in 1978 when she was 22.

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