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Sakie Yokota (center) appeals to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the resolution of the abduction issue, alongside Takuya Yokota (right), head of the Families Association, and Tetsuya Yokota (left), deputy secretary-general of the Families Association in Tokyo, on October 23, 2025.
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