Abductees' kin urge U.S. for support on N. Korea sanctions

WASHINGTON, United States - Shigeru Yokota (R), who heads a group of Japanese families with relatives who were abducted to North Korea, shakes hands with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage in Washington on March 5. Yokota urged the U.S. government to support economic sanctions by the U.N. Security Council against N. Korea. Yokota is accompanied by (from R to L) his wife Sakie, Toru Hasuike and Teruaki Masumoto.

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