Kawasaki mayor delivers letter from Megumi Yokota's parents

Kawasaki mayor delivers letter from Megumi Yokota's parents

GENEVA, Switzerland - Kawasaki Mayor Norihiko Fukuda (R) delivers a letter from Shigeru Yokota and his wife Sakie, the parents of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, to United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri on July 10, 2014, in Geneva, Switzerland.

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