Kin of abductees demand information on all 11

TOKYO, Japan - Kayoko Arimoto (standing), the mother of Keiko Arimoto, one of 11 Japanese that Japan alleges were abducted by North Korean agents, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17 with other relatives of the 11 missing people. The relatives demanded that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi return from his landmark visit to North Korea with information on all the 11 people, not just one or two.

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