Iizuka named as new head of group of abductees' kin

Iizuka named as new head of group of abductees' kin

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (R), vice chairman of the group of relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 24 after he was named as the group's new leader to replace Shigeru Yokota (2nd from R). Yokota's daughter Megumi was kidnapped by Pyongyang in 1977 when she was 13, while Iizuka is an elder brother of Yaeko Taguchi, who was taken to N. Korea in 1978 when she was 22. (Kyodo)

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