Lower house committee on abduction issue

Lower house committee on abduction issue

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and whose sister Megumi was taken away in 1977 at age 13, holds a picture of their 88-year-old mother Sakie during a session of the House of Representatives special committee on addressing the abduction issue in Tokyo on May 28, 2024. Yokota urged the Japanese government to do everything possible to rescue all abductees while their parents are still alive.

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