An April, 2005 photo shows Shigeru Yokota and his wife Sakie at a meeting in Tokyo to demand North Korean abductees' return.

An April, 2005 photo shows Shigeru Yokota and his wife Sakie at a meeting in Tokyo to demand the return of North Korean abductees. Their daughter Megumi, seen in the picture in background, was abducted by North Korea in 1977.

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