Japan Calls for Abductees' Immediate Return at U.N. Symposium

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New York, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan called for an immediate return home of all Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea at an online U.N. symposium on Thursday. “We can’t waste any time,” Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japanese minister in charge of the abduction issue, said in a keynote speech as families of abductees have been aging. Takuya Yokota, the younger brother of Megumi, who was kidnapp…

New York, June 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan called for an immediate return home of all Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea at an online U.N. symposium on Thursday. “We can’t waste any time,” Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japanese minister in charge of the abduction issue, said in a keynote speech as families of abductees have been aging. Takuya Yokota, the younger brother of Megumi, who was kidnapp…