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Kin of N. Korea's abduction victims call for early rescue

TOKYO, Japan - Families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents call for their prompt rescue at a rally in Tokyo on April 27, 2014. On the stage are (from L) Teruaki Masumoto, Kayoko Arimoto, Sakie Yokota and her husband Shigeru, and Shigeo Iizuka.

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Parents of abductee to N. Korea

KOBE, Japan - Kayoko (L) and Akihiro Arimoto, the mother and father of Keiko Arimoto who is a victim of North Korea's abductions, speak at a press conference in Kobe on June 3, 2011, after a hearing on a damages suit they filed against journalist Soichiro Tahara over remarks he made. The Arimotos are seeking 10 million yen in compensation over his remarks made on a TV Asahi talk show that their daughter must already be dead and the Japanese Foreign Ministry was aware of that.

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Abduction inquiry group to air messages on radio reaching N. Korea

OSAKA, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto, who had his daughter Keiko abducted by North Korea, speaks as his wife Kayoko listens at a meeting of the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea held in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 22. Kazuhiro Araki, who heads the group, told the meeting it will air messages on shortwave radio, which reaches North Korea, at the end of October in an effort to collect more information about missing Japanese.

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(3)Delegates report on findings about abductees in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto and his wife Kayoko, whose daughter Keiko was abducted by North Korea, arrive at the Cabinet Office to be briefed on the results of the just-ended talks between Japan and N. Korea in Pyongyang on the abduction issue.

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Kin informed of death dates of abducted Japanese

KOBE, Japan - Kayoko Arimoto bursts into tears after being informed by the Foreign Ministry on Sept. 19 of the date of her daughter Keiko's death in North Korea.

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(3)Abductees' kin grief-stricken over report of death

TOKYO, Japan - Kayoko Arimoto (L) and Sakie Yokota, told of the confirmed deaths of their daughters, look sad at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17.

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Kin of abductees demand information on all 11

TOKYO, Japan - Kayoko Arimoto (standing), the mother of Keiko Arimoto, one of 11 Japanese that Japan alleges were abducted by North Korean agents, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17 with other relatives of the 11 missing people. The relatives demanded that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi return from his landmark visit to North Korea with information on all the 11 people, not just one or two.

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Kin of missing Japanese gather signatures ahead of summit

OSAKA, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L) and his wife Kayoko gather signatures on an Osaka street on Sept. 7 demanding the return of their daughter Keiko who is believed to have been abducted to North Korea in 1983 when she was a 23-year-old student. The petition will be delivered to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi before he leaves for Pyongyang for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Sept. 17.

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Parents receive 9,000 signatures for missing daughter

KOBE, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L), accompanied by his wife Kayoko, receives a copy of about 9,000 signatures urging the state to quickly resolve the case of their daughter Keiko, one of 11 Japanese who Tokyo believes were abducted by North Korea.

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Kin of 2 women believed abducted by N. Korea address Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of two young women allegedly abducted by North Korean agents address a session of the Committee of Foreign and Security Affairs at the House of Councillors on April 18. They asked the government to resolve the cases as quickly as possible. From L to R are Kayoko and Akihiro Arimoto, whose daughter Keiko went missing in 1983, and Sakie and Shigeru Yokota, whose 13-year-old daughter Megumi vanished in 1977.

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Parents of missing Japanese say lawmaker tried to shut them up

KOBE, Japan - Akihiro (L) and Kayoko Arimoto, the parents of Keiko Arimoto, who Japan believes was abducted in Europe and taken to Pyongyang in 1983 at age 23, attend a gathering in Kobe on March 24. Kayoko said that Masaaki Nakayama, a House of Representatives member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, told them Keiko had been abducted by another Japanese and that North Korea was not involved, so they should keep quiet about the case.

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N. Korea suggests 1 missing Japanese alive, 2 dead

KOBE, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L) and his wife Kayoko speak to reporters on suggestion by North Korea that one Japanese out of 11 Tokyo believes were abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s is still alive but two others are dead. A well-informed source said March 23 that their daughter, Keiko Arimoto, believed to have been abducted in Europe and taken to North Korea in 1983 at age 23, is still alive.

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Keiko's parents talk with the media

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L) and his wife Kayoko talk with the media in Tokyo on March 12 about their daughter Keiko, who went missing in Europe in 1983 when she was 23. The former wife of one of the Japanese who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet to North Korea in 1970 told police investigators a North Korean diplomat ordered two Japanese to help abduct Keiko in Europe in 1983.

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Keiko's parents talk with the media

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L) and his wife Kayoko talk with the media in Tokyo on March 12 about their daughter Keiko, who went missing in Europe in 1983 when she was 23. The former wife of one of the Japanese who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet to North Korea in 1970 told police investigators a North Korean diplomat ordered two Japanese to help abduct Keiko in Europe in 1983.

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N. Korea suggests 1 missing Japanese alive, 2 dead

KOBE, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L) and his wife Kayoko speak to reporters on suggestion by North Korea that one Japanese out of 11 Tokyo believes were abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s is still alive but two others are dead. A well-informed source said March 23 that their daughter, Keiko Arimoto, believed to have been abducted in Europe and taken to North Korea in 1983 at age 23, is still alive.

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(3)Delegates report on findings about abductees in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto and his wife Kayoko, whose daughter Keiko was abducted by North Korea, arrive at the Cabinet Office to be briefed on the results of the just-ended talks between Japan and N. Korea in Pyongyang on the abduction issue. (Kyodo)

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Kin of missing Japanese gather signatures ahead of summit

OSAKA, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L) and his wife Kayoko gather signatures on an Osaka street on Sept. 7 demanding the return of their daughter Keiko who is believed to have been abducted to North Korea in 1983 when she was a 23-year-old student. The petition will be delivered to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi before he leaves for Pyongyang for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Sept. 17. (Kyodo)

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Abduction inquiry group to air messages on radio reaching N. Kor

OSAKA, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto, who had his daughter Keiko abducted by North Korea, speaks as his wife Kayoko listens at a meeting of the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea held in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 22. Kazuhiro Araki, who heads the group, told the meeting it will air messages on shortwave radio, which reaches North Korea, at the end of October in an effort to collect more information about missing Japanese. (Kyodo)

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Parents of abductee to N. Korea

KOBE, Japan - Kayoko (L) and Akihiro Arimoto, the mother and father of Keiko Arimoto who is a victim of North Korea's abductions, speak at a press conference in Kobe on June 3, 2011, after a hearing on a damages suit they filed against journalist Soichiro Tahara over remarks he made. The Arimotos are seeking 10 million yen in compensation over his remarks made on a TV Asahi talk show that their daughter must already be dead and the Japanese Foreign Ministry was aware of that. (Kyodo)

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Mother of Japanese abducted by N. Korea dies

Akihiro Arimoto and his wife Kayoko celebrate the 59th birthday of their daughter Keiko -- abducted by North Korea in 1983 when she was 23 years old -- in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 12, 2019. Kayoko died on Feb. 3, 2020, at age 94. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mother of Japanese abducted by N. Korea dies

Akihiro Arimoto, whose daughter Keiko was abducted by North Korea in 1983 when she was 23 years old, attends a press conference in Kobe on Feb. 6, 2020, after his wife Kayoko died on Feb. 3 at age 94. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mother of Japanese abducted by N. Korea dies

Akihiro Arimoto (L), whose daughter Keiko was abducted by North Korea in 1983 when she was 23 years old, attends a press conference in Kobe on Feb. 6, 2020, after his wife Kayoko died on Feb. 3 at age 94. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Death of Japanese abductee's mother

Photo taken in August 2012 shows Kayoko Arimoto, the mother of Keiko Arimoto, who was abducted by North Korea in 1983 when she was 23 years old. The mother died on Feb. 3, 2020, aged 94. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin informed of death dates of abducted Japanese

KOBE, Japan - Kayoko Arimoto bursts into tears after being informed by the Foreign Ministry on Sept. 19 of the date of her daughter Keiko's death in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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(3)Abductees' kin grief-stricken over report of death

TOKYO, Japan - Kayoko Arimoto (L) and Sakie Yokota, told of the confirmed deaths of their daughters, look sad at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 17. (Kyodo)

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Parents receive 9,000 signatures for missing daughter

KOBE, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L), accompanied by his wife Kayoko, receives a copy of about 9,000 signatures urging the state to quickly resolve the case of their daughter Keiko, one of 11 Japanese who Tokyo believes were abducted by North Korea.

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Kin of 2 women believed abducted by N. Korea address Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of two young women allegedly abducted by North Korean agents address a session of the Committee of Foreign and Security Affairs at the House of Councillors on April 18. They asked the government to resolve the cases as quickly as possible. From L to R are Kayoko and Akihiro Arimoto, whose daughter Keiko went missing in 1983, and Sakie and Shigeru Yokota, whose 13-year-old daughter Megumi vanished in 1977.