China and Russia annually come to Pyongyang’s defense, blocking resolution of the abductions and other human rights violations taking place in North Korea.
I would like to ask the Japanese people from the bottom of my heart: please turn your thoughts to the abduction victims in your daily lives...
It has been more than 40 years for many families whose loved ones were abducted by agents of North Korea. In the meantime, North Korean people...
The blue ribbon is a symbol of the national movement calling for the rescue of abductees. Who would consider it a form of hate speech?
It is my earnest wish that the politicians and government officials will take to heart how cruel it is that multiple generations have to face the...
U.S. cooperation and pressure from international society are essential to force North Korea to settle the longstanding problem of abductions, and Mr. Nikai should not be...
It is a true story. Her name was YOKOTA Megumi. The happy 13-year-old finished after-school badminton practice with her friends that late afternoon in Niigata, a...
~Kim Jong Un, "Send home the Japanese. Send them home now, while their families are here to welcome them." (IIZUKA Koichiro,) "Return all of the abductees...
The Obama administration, in which Mr. Joe Biden served as vice president, adopted the posture of ‘strategic patience,’ leaving North Korean problems unaddressed. A repeat...
Japan confirmed a new prime minister in early September 2020 without having achieved any progress in bringing home Megumi Yokota and the other Japanese abducted...
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In North Korea, there are many Japanese citizens who long to return to their home country, but cannot. There is substantive new testimony...