Families call for rescue of abductees held in N.Korea

Sakie Yokota calls for the rescue of abductees from North Korea, in a major rally attended by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, in Tokyo on Sunday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea held a rally in Tokyo on Sunday to call for the immediate return of abductees still in the North.

The families expressed their anger that some abductees remain in North Korea 20 years after five people returned to Japan in October 2002.