Ex-abductees hail plan for Koizumi visit Pyongyang

TOYAMA, Japan - Toru Hasuike, a relative of one five Japanese abductees repatriated from North Korea, said in Toyama May 9 he wants Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to visit Pyongyang to pick up their abductee relatives.

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