Concerns are mounting over the Shiokaze shortwave radio program for Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea, as the number of radio transmitters is dwindling.
The Japanese support group broadcasting the program is calling for an increase in the transmitters, operated by NHK, so that it can continue the program, which started in 2005.
¡°My sister, Rumi, how are you? All abduction victims, how are you doing?¡± said a recent broadcast message from Teruaki Masumoto, 70, brother of Rumiko, who was kidnapped in 1978 at age 24.
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