Abductee supporters march at Diet, demand repatriations from North Korea

Neighbors of the recently deceased Shigeru Yokota, father of a girl abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s and never returned, pushed Monday for the immediate repatriation of Japanese abductees via a silent demonstration in Tokyo.Five supporters living in the same Kawasaki apartment building as Yokota and his wife Sakie, 84, marched around the Japanese parliament holding white flowers and a large banner with a photo of the couple's daughter Megumi.They urged the Japanese government to increase pressure on Pyongyang in hopes of resolving the issue of Japanese nationals abducted in the 197…READ FULL ARTICLE