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September 17, 2022 at 18:31 JST
Sakie Yokota, the mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977, speaks at a news conference. (Pool)
Sept. 17 marked the 20th anniversary of a landmark summit meeting between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il that for a brief moment raised hopes the thorny issue of Pyongyang’s abductions of Japanese nationals would be resolved once and for all. [Read More]
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