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International Women’s Day: A JAPAN Forward Reading List
International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Annually recognized on March 8, the […]
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Letter to Megumi: Younger Generations Are Waiting for You to Come Home
Japan entered 2019 without having achieved any progress in bringing home Megumi Yokota and the other Japanese abducted by […]
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Dear Megumi, Your Father is Struggling for His Health So He Can See You Again
Dear Megumi, Japan was hit with record-high temperatures this summer. On top of the searing heat, […]
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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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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), […]
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Dear Megumi: President Trump Listened to Your Story, and That Gives Us Hope
Megumi Yokota, 2nd from the left watches the Sea of Japan in 1976. Next year she was abducted by North […]
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Trump Rekindles the Hope of Abductees’ Return
At a joint press conference on Monday, November 6th, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and United States President Donald […]
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Don’t Lose Interest in Rescuing Japanese Abductees. That’s What North Korea Wants
Abducted and missing people’s photo list “There is absolutely no sense of urgency. The Parliament isn’t even discussing how […]
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40 Years After Abductions, North Korean Espionage Continues Inside and Outside Japan
United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania will visit Japan November 5-7. On the 6th, President Trump […]
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Letter to Megumi: We hope you’ll return to the Japanese Summer and Your Mother’s Stew
Megumi(center) had happy time travelling to Hiroshima with her parents Shigeru and Sakie Yokota, and her little brothers Takuya and […]