Chimuras ask for exchanges with youth for N. Korean-born kids

Chimuras ask for exchanges with youth for N. Korean-born kids

OBAMA, Japan - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa (L) discusses with administrative staff how to help repatriated Japanese abductees Yasushi and Fukie Chimura and their North-Korean born children. The Chimuras asked Nishikawa for help in arranging ''lasting exchanges'' between their three children and Japanese of their generation.

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