N. Korean schools in Japan receive death threats

N. Korean schools in Japan receive death threats

TOKYO, Japan - Graffiti saying ''murder'' and ''return Megumi'' was found on Sept. 18 on a Nagoya chamber of commerce founded by Korean residents in Aichi Prefecture. Meanwhile, pro-Pyongyang schools in Japan have asked students to commute in groups after receiving death threats following Sept. 17 news that eight Japanese who were abducted to North Korea are dead.

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