Abductees' relatives home from U.S. with unexpected results

Abductees' relatives home from U.S. with unexpected results

TOKYO, March 8 Kyodo - Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea give a press conference at Narita airport on returning to Japan from the United States on March 8. They said they achieved better results than they had expected. ''I wasn't sure what levels of people we'd be able to see, but we were able to achieve a lot more than we had expected, with the help of many people,'' said Shigeru Yokota (2nd from L), who headed the group.

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