Inside and outside the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, thousands of people said a final goodbye to the consequential and longest serving prime minister of Japan.
Only top-level negotiations backed by pressure from the United States and other international communities will break the deadlock.
Megumi Yokota was abducted 45 years ago. Her mother says, even if 4 US presidents want to cooperate, no progress can be made without Japan’s action.
The abduction issue concerns everyone. The same tragedy could strike Japan again if it remains a nation that allows the abductions to stay unsolved.
This 2nd prize-winning essay asks us to imagine the families of abductees, grieving the undead, knowing your loved one is alive and just across the sea,...
This 2nd prize-winning student essay from 2021 explains why the blue ribbon campaign is an effective way to get people to talk about the abduction of...
This 1st-prize winning student essay from 2021 points out that Japan is only one of 14 countries worldwide whose citizens were abducted by North Korea, and...
This 1st prize-winning student essay from 2020 expresses hope that the international community will understand the abductions by North Korea as a global human rights issue,...
The families said the US President’s expression of unwavering support “will send a powerful message to the international community."
A look at some of the women who have broken out and are standing above the crowd in their fields in every corner of life in...
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 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...
