Kin of Japanese abductee urges solution to abduction issue

Kin of Japanese abductee urges solution to abduction issue

NEW YORK, U.S. - Teruaki Masumoto (F), secretary general of the Tokyo-based Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, appeals at a U.N. Headquarters meeting in New York on April 16, 2014, for an early solution to the abduction cases. Masumoto's elder sister is one of the victims.

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