Yokota, Kim Young Nam families meet in Tokyo

Yokota, Kim Young Nam families meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (L), the mother of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1977 at the age of 13, and Choi Gye Wol (R), the mother of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean man believed to be the husband of Megumi Yokota in North Korea, hug each other at a Tokyo hotel on May 28.

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