By RYUICHI KITANO/ Senior Staff Writer
December 12, 2021 at 17:05 JST
Sakie Yokota, left, Shigeru Yokota, center, and Shigeo Iizuka in February 2016. Iizuka stepped down as the head of a group of families of relatives who were abducted by North Korea. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A twin younger brother of Megumi Yokota, a symbolic figure in Japan’s quest to resolve the decades-long abduction issue with North Korea, has taken over as head of a group representing families of the victims. [Read More]
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