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Rep. Smith Makes Direct Appeal to Japanese Prime Minister to Return American Children Abducted to Japan to Their Left-Behind US Parents
April 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release:

In a hand delivered-letter to Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio following his address to the US Congress late last week, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) made a direct appeal to the Japanese leader to personally intervene and help return over 500 American children who have been abducted to Japan to their left-behind parents in the United States.

"As our two countries continue to t . . .

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