Abductions

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Japan Approaching Last Chance to Rescue Citizens Abducted by North Korea

Tsutomu Nishioka March 21, 2019

After the breakdown of the United States-North Korea summit in Hanoi in late...

Japan Letter to Megumi Abduction North Korea

Letter to Megumi: Younger Generations Are Waiting for You to Come Home

Sakie Yokota February 26, 2019

Japan entered 2019 without having achieved any progress in bringing home Megumi Yokota...

North Korea Abductions Message to Kim Jong Un

A Letter to Kim Jong Un: Send Abductees Home to Japan, and Bring New Hope to North Korea

JAPAN Forward February 26, 2019

The stakes are high in this week's Hanoi summit meeting between United States...

North Korea Abduction Japan US 023

Mr. Abe, Don’t Let President Trump Ease Sanctions on North Korea

Tsutomu Nishioka February 25, 2019

United States President Donald Trump plans to meet with North Korean Chairman Kim...

Megumi Yokota

Rescuing Japanese Abductees Reaches Crucial Stage

Tsutomu Nishioka January 2, 2019

A climactic battle is coming for rescuing Japanese citizens abducted by North...

2018 North Korean Abduction Symposium in Tokyo

Tokyo Symposium Pushes for Resolution of North Korean Abductions, Human Rights Violations

JAPAN Forward December 27, 2018

The powerful voices of the victims of North Korea’s four decades of human...

Dear Megumi, Your Father is Struggling for His Health So He Can See You Again

Abductions by North Korea: International Issue is Victim Families’ Personal Sorrow

Jason Morgan, Reitaku University November 26, 2018

Takuya Yokota’s eyes were damp as he took the podium in a...

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Dear Megumi, Your Father is Struggling for His Health So He Can See You Again

Sakie Yokota September 25, 2018

Dear Megumi, Japan was hit with record-high temperatures this summer....

'Pain with No End': Why Abduction of Japanese by North Korea Should be Resolved Now

'Pain with No End': Why Abduction of Japanese by North Korea Should be Resolved Now

JAPAN Forward July 25, 2018

A new true-to-life film on the abduction of Japanese by North Korea is...

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

PM Abe: It's Now Between Japan and North Korea to Resolve Abductions Issue

JAPAN Forward June 13, 2018

JAPAN Forward After thanking United States President Donald Trump for...

Dear Megumi

Dear Megumi: World Leaders Are Talking, and We Wait Amid Hope and Despair

Shigeru and Sakie Yokota June 13, 2018

Shigeru & Sakie Yokota Hello, Megumi dear. Each day passes...

Japanese Media, Politicians Ride on Misleading WaPo Report on Trump’s Pearl Harbor Remark

EDITORIAL: Japan-U.S. Summit Should Be a Wake-up Call to Kim Jong-un on Abduction Issue

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun June 12, 2018

The Sankei Shimbun On the afternoon of June 7—predawn on June...