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...
Megumi Yokota and other North Korean abductees are still believed to be alive and their surviving parents urgently hope a resolution will bring them home.
It saddens us deeply to report the death of Shigeru Yokota on June 5. He was 87. Yokota was the father of Megumi...
Shigeru Yokota spent over half of his 87 years fighting for his daughter to be rescued after she was kidnapped by agents of the...
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...
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.
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."
"I envy Japan," says Park Sun Young, contrasting the indifference shown by Seoul regarding POWs in North Korea with Japan's efforts to rescue abduction victims.
Japan must channel this international momentum. North Korea will not budge unless Japan makes a concerted effort to resolve the abductions problem.
