Head of group representing kin of N. Korea abductees speaks

SAITAM, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, head of a group representing family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s, answers questions from reporters in Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on July 3, 2014.

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