Kin of missing Japanese meet 5 abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (L) and Teruaki Masumoto (R) respond to questions from reporters Oct. 16 at a Tokyo hotel after meeting with the five Japanese abducted to North Korea and now in Japan for a temporary visit. Iizuka's sister Yaeko Taguchi and Masumoto's sister Rumiko Masumoto were abducted to N. Korea in 1978 and listed as among the dead abductees by Pyongyang.

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