U.S. ambassador visits site Japanese girl was abducted to N. Kor

NIIGATA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer (L) speaks at a press conference with Shigeru (C) and Sakie Yokota on March 16 after visiting near the site in Niigata, where 13-year-old junior high school student Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977. (Kyodo)

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