Abductees tell North Korea they want to stay in Japan

Thursday, December 19, 2002

NIIGATA, Japan -- Five Japanese kidnapped by North Korea decades ago agreed Wednesday to make clear to Pyongyang that they are willingly staying in the land of their birth.

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