Abduction inquiry group to air messages on radio reaching N. Korea

OSAKA, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto, who had his daughter Keiko abducted by North Korea, speaks as his wife Kayoko listens at a meeting of the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea held in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 22. Kazuhiro Araki, who heads the group, told the meeting it will air messages on shortwave radio, which reaches North Korea, at the end of October in an effort to collect more information about missing Japanese.

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