Brother calls for early return of abduction victims

TOTTORI, Japan - Hajime Matsumoto, brother of Kyoko Matsumoto abducted by North Korea in 1977, calls for the return of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea without delay at a lecture meeting in the town of Kotoura, Tottori Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2014.

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