Yasushi Chimura and Hitomi Soga, who were kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s, called for the return of other such abductees Saturday on the 20th anniversary of five of Pyongyang's victims being repatriated to Japan, including Chimura and Soga.
The five abductees who returned to Japan are Chimura and his wife, Fukie, both 67; Kaoru Hasuike, 65, and his wife, Yukiko, 66; and Soga, 63. They were kidnapped by North Korea from July to August 1978 and spent about 24 years in the country until they were allowed to return home in 2002.
