Yasushi Chimura and his fiancee, Fukie, were cruelly abducted by agents sent by North Korea and forced to endure 24 torturous years in their captors' land.
At a press conference amid North Korean signals and buildup for the Japan-US Summit, Takuya Yokota discusses hopes for bringing home the abductions victims.
The new policy paves the way for stronger negotiations with North Korean leaders for the return of all abductees while some of their parents are still...
The ICC previously evaded the issue of North Korean abductions, saying these happened before Japan's membership. These abductions, however, are ongoing crimes.
Did Kim Yo Jong offer to accept Kishida's visit to North Korea on the condition that the abductions issue would not become a stumbling block? Here's...
Julie Turner, United States Special Envoy on North Korean Rights Issues spoke on the "importance of bringing actors back to the table" on the abduction issue.
A former North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016, PPP lawmaker Tae Young-ho has committed to accounting for the North's abductions victims.
At the event, abductee Megumi Yokota's brother Takuya Yokota called the North Korean abductions issue "a battle for lives that we cannot afford to lose."
Rescuing the abduction victims is a race against time. A renowned expert on Japan-Korean relations explains the feasibility of three ways they could be saved.
The 13-year-old Megumi was taken away to North Korea on a spy ship. It is shameful that her abduction is ongoing and North Korea has not...
Kaoru Hasuike, who was freed 21 years ago, tells young Japanese that North Korea "will not [have]...a bright future without resolving the abductions issue."
Longtime scholar of Korean Peninsula issues, Professor Tsutomu Nishioka analyzes the challenges and progress in relations between Japan and South Korea.