Aso visits sites in Niigata linked to Yokota's 1977 abduction

Aso visits sites in Niigata linked to Yokota's 1977 abduction

NIIGATA, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) is briefed by a senior Niigata prefectural police official (L) on Aug. 1 at the site in Niigata Prefecture where a Japanese national is believed to have been abducted by North Korean agents in 1977.

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