Kin of 2 women believed abducted by N. Korea address Diet

Kin of 2 women believed abducted by N. Korea address Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of two young women allegedly abducted by North Korean agents address a session of the Committee of Foreign and Security Affairs at the House of Councillors on April 18. They asked the government to resolve the cases as quickly as possible. From L to R are Kayoko and Akihiro Arimoto, whose daughter Keiko went missing in 1983, and Sakie and Shigeru Yokota, whose 13-year-old daughter Megumi vanished in 1977.

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