Petition for Japanese abductees' quick return from N. Korea

Teruaki Masumoto (far L), whose elder sister Rumiko was abducted in 1978 by North Korea at age 24, submits a petition with about 4,200 signatures to Hiromi Mitsubayashi (far R), senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, in Tokyo on March 23, 2021, calling for a quick return of the victims of North Korean abductions.