Niigata Pref. employees wear ribbons to support abductees

Niigata Pref. employees wear ribbons to support abductees

NIIGATA, Japan - Some Niigata prefectural government employees begin wearing blue ribbons Dec. 3 in support of a movement to reunite five former Japanese abductees to North Korea now back in Japan with their family members who remain in the North.

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