Meeting to support Japanese abductees

Meeting to support Japanese abductees

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, speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024, hosted by a group working for the return of Japanese abductees.

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