Missing Kagoshima man abducted by N. Korea: support group

Missing Kagoshima man abducted by N. Korea: support group

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Makoto Taneda, seen in this file photo taken in 1984, was possibly abducted by North Korean agents, the Kagoshima chapter of a national group supporting victims of North Korean abductions and their families said on Jan. 9. Taneda, a native of the town of Iriki in Kagoshima Prefecture, went missing in around May 1984 in Kyoto at the age of 34. Photo was provided by the group.

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