Parents receive 9,000 signatures for missing daughter

Parents receive 9,000 signatures for missing daughter

KOBE, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L), accompanied by his wife Kayoko, receives a copy of about 9,000 signatures urging the state to quickly resolve the case of their daughter Keiko, one of 11 Japanese who Tokyo believes were abducted by North Korea.

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