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Dear Megumi: The New Reiwa Era Brings Us Hope for Your Return
Dear Megumi, How are you doing? Here, the warmth of spring has spread across Japan and your favorite […]
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Dear Megumi: We Hope the Leaders of Japan and North Korea Will Make Your Homecoming Possible
(This letter is part of an ongoing series of letters written by Sakie Yokota to her daughter Megumi. To […]
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Letter to Megumi: Younger Generations Are Waiting for You to Come Home
Japan entered 2019 without having achieved any progress in bringing home Megumi Yokota and the other Japanese abducted
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Dear Megumi, Your Father is Struggling for His Health So He Can See You Again
Dear Megumi, Japan was hit with record-high temperatures this summer. On top of the searing heat, […]
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Dear Megumi: World Leaders Are Talking, and We Wait Amid Hope and Despair
Shigeru & Sakie Yokota Hello, Megumi dear. Each day passes by quickly and we are already […]
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Dear Megumi: We Told the Prime Minister This Might Be Our Last Chance
How are you, dear Megumi? Another year has flown by so quickly and it is already April. As […]
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Dear Megumi: ‘Be Brave and Hopeful. I Will Find You’
Megumi and Sakie in 1966. Dear Megumi, The new year has finally come. Despite our desperate pleas with […]
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Dear Megumi: President Trump Listened to Your Story, and That Gives Us Hope
Megumi Yokota, 2nd from the left watches the Sea of Japan in 1976. Next year she was abducted by North […]
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Don’t Lose Interest in Rescuing Japanese Abductees. That’s What North Korea Wants
Abducted and missing people’s photo list “There is absolutely no sense of urgency. The Parliament isn’t even discussin
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Decades After Abduction, Why Can’t Japan Tap Maritime Self-Defense Force to Rescue Victims?
It was March 24, 1999, at 12:50 AM. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force-guided missile-destroyer Myoko was in pursui
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40 Years After Abductions, North Korean Espionage Continues Inside and Outside Japan
United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania will visit Japan November 5-7. On the 6th, President Trump
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Dear Megumi: The Fifth Abductee Was Released, but I Am Still Waiting for You to Return Home
Sakie Yokota walks with her children. Megumi (right) was with family 42 years ago. Dear Megumi, It’s autumn, [&hell