U.S. ambassador visits site Japanese girl was abducted to N. Korea

U.S. ambassador visits site Japanese girl was abducted to N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer (far right) visits near the site in Niigata, where 13-year-old junior high school student Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, with Megumi's parents Shigeru (L) and Sakie (C) on March 16.

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