N. Korea abduction issue

Hitomi Soga (R), one of the five Japanese abductees repatriated from North Korea in 2002, collects signatures in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2022, in an attempt to save those abducted by North Korean agents.

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