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Opposition's Shu Watanabe Talks About the North Korean Abductions, His New Party, and Constitutional Reform

Mizuki Okada May 24, 2018

The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward reporter Mizuki Okada interviewed a veteran...

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

Former Abduction Issue Minister Eriko Yamatani: 'This Time, The Feeling is Completely Different'

JAPAN Forward May 17, 2018

This past year has been the second most momentous in the long...

(UPDATED) Abduction Issue: Trump Vows to Do His Best for Japan — Abe

JAPAN Forward April 20, 2018

United States President Donald Trump has promised to take up the decades-old issue...

Dear Megumi: We Told the Prime Minister This Might Be Our Last Chance

Shigeru and Sakie Yokota April 16, 2018

How are you, dear Megumi? Another year has flown by so quickly...

Editorial: At the North Korea Summit Meetings, Demand the Immediate Return of Abductees

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun April 4, 2018

The international situation surrounding North Korea is changing rapidly, and recent developments could...

Book Provides Insights Into Survival Strategies of Japanese Abducted by North Korea

Earl Kinmonth February 2, 2018

A scene from the theater play on North Korean abduction. The Invitation-only...

Dear Megumi: ‘Be Brave and Hopeful. I Will Find You’

Shigeru and Sakie Yokota January 17, 2018

Megumi and Sakie in 1966. Dear Megumi, The new year has finally...

Deaths of Abductees’ Family Members Put Pressure on Japanese Government

Sankei Shimbun December 15, 2017

Charles Jenkins, former United States military deserter, and the husband of North Korean...

Japan Returns Rescued North Koreans, But Why Can’t It Get Abducted Citizens Back?

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun December 6, 2017

The late Akira Yoshimura authored a short story called “The Captain Wept.” In...

North Korean Terrorist Vows to Help Return Megumi and Taguchi to Japan

Norio Sakurai December 6, 2017

Part 1: ‘Megumi Knew Kim Jong-il Family Secrets’: Interview with North Korean Terrorist...

‘Megumi Knew Kim Jong-il Family Secrets’: Interview with North Korean Terrorist

Norio Sakurai December 5, 2017

(First of Two Parts) The 29th of November was the 30th anniversary...

Can Terror Tag Pressure North Korea to Release Japanese Abductees?

Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun November 28, 2017

Will this be a means for progress on the abduction issue? On November...

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