Yokotas ask Kawasaki major for help to solve abduction issues

KAWASAKI, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (C) and his wife Sakie (L), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977, ask Kawasaki Mayor Takao Abe to help resolve the abduction issue. They handed him letters addressed to eight cities with which the city of Kawasaki has tied up under agreements of friendship or sister relations, including Baltimore in the United States and Wollongong in Australia.

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