Signatures on abductions top 10 mil.

Signatures on abductions top 10 mil.

SAITAMA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, chief of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, holds a document on the breakdown of signatures collected in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, at the prefectural hall in the city of Saitama. With these signatures, the number of signatures by citizens seeking a resolution to the issue of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korean agents topped 10 million, the head of the abductees' families group said.

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