Schieffer calls N. Korea move a step toward resolving abductions

Schieffer calls N. Korea move a step toward resolving abductions

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer (R) meets with Shigeru Yokota (L) and his wife Sakie, whose daughter Megumi was abducted to North Korea in 1977, at the ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on July 2.

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