Every day a shortwave radio programme broadcast from Tokyo highlights the plight of Japanese citizens believed to have been kidnapped and abducted to North Korea. It is compiled in a small booth in an office owned by a group which campaigns to keep the issue in the public eye and supports the families of those abducted.
JSR Shiokaze radio is broadcast once in the morning, once in the evening for 30 minutes. There are editions in Japanese, Korean, English and Chinese, rotated on a regular basis. The BBC’s Chris Hogg meets the Japanese who still pursue the truth about their loved ones.
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
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North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s continues to sour relations between them. The BBC's Chris Hogg meets the Japanese who still pursue the truth about their loved ones.
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