Abductee group says missing Japan woman taken to N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo of Noriko Furukawa's ID card was released by the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea at a news conference in Seoul on Dec. 6. The group said it has concluded that Furukawa, of Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, who disappeared July 7, 1973, at age 18, was abducted and taken to North Korea.

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