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(1)Japan may add more names to abductee list

NIIGATA, Japan - Shoichi Osawa (3rd from L) and his supporters meet Ryuji Kaji, head of the Niigata prefectural police, Sept. 24 to seek help in locating his younger brother Takashi, who has been missing since 1974. Shoichi suspects Takashi may have been abducted and taken to North Korea. Japanese government spokesman Yasuo Fukuda said in Tokyo earlier in the day more names could be added to the list of abductees and urged Pyongyang to investigate.

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N. Korean abductees' kin press int'l community to do more

Shoichi Osawa, the older brother of Takashi Osawa, who disappeared as a 27-year-old from Sado Island in Niigata, central Japan, attends a Japanese government-sponsored symposium on North Korea's human rights violations at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 4, 2016. "Please help us as we strive for the release of the abductees so that they can maintain their dignity as human beings and enjoy freedom once again," Osawa said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of suspected N. Korean abduction victims call for int'l support

Shoichi Osawa (C), who heads a group representing relatives of Japanese individuals suspected to have been abducted by North Korea, Yohei Suda (L), a lawyer working for the families, and Tamaji Takeshita, whose sister has gone missing, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Japan may add more names to abductee list

NIIGATA, Japan - Shoichi Osawa (3rd from L) and his supporters meet Ryuji Kaji, head of the Niigata prefectural police, Sept. 24 to seek help in locating his younger brother Takashi, who has been missing since 1974. Shoichi suspects Takashi may have been abducted and taken to North Korea. Japanese government spokesman Yasuo Fukuda said in Tokyo earlier in the day more names could be added to the list of abductees and urged Pyongyang to investigate. (Kyodo)