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‘Pain with No End’: Why Abduction of Japanese by North Korea Should be Resolved Now
A new true-to-life film on the abduction of Japanese by North Korea is out. And Pain with No End […]
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PM Abe: It’s Now Between Japan and North Korea to Resolve Abductions Issue
JAPAN Forward After thanking United States President Donald Trump for supposedly “stating in clear terms” to […]
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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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EDITORIAL: Japan-U.S. Summit Should Be a Wake-up Call to Kim Jong-un on Abduction Issue
The Sankei Shimbun On the afternoon of June 7—predawn on June 8, Japan time—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe […]
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Opposition’s Shu Watanabe Talks About the North Korean Abductions, His New Party, and Constitutional Reform
The Sankei Shimbun and JAPAN Forward reporter Mizuki Okada interviewed a veteran lawmaker of the House of Representatives […]
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Former Abduction Issue Minister Eriko Yamatani: ‘This Time, The Feeling is Completely Different’
This past year has been the second most momentous in the long history of the abductions of Japanese […]
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(UPDATED) Abduction Issue: Trump Vows to Do His Best for Japan — Abe
United States President Donald Trump has promised to take up the decades-old issue of the abduction of Japanese citizens […]
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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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Editorial: At the North Korea Summit Meetings, Demand the Immediate Return of Abductees
The international situation surrounding North Korea is changing rapidly, and recent developments could present the perfect opening to resolve […]
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Book Provides Insights Into Survival Strategies of Japanese Abducted by North Korea
A scene from the theater play on North Korean abduction. The Invitation-only Zone: The True Story of North […]
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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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Deaths of Abductees’ Family Members Put Pressure on Japanese Government
Charles Jenkins, former United States military deserter, and the husband of North Korean abductee Hitomi Soga (58 by now), […]