Megumi Yokota

Parents’ 'last word' to abducted daughter...
Shigeru, left, and Sakie Yokota, parents of Megumi Yokota who was kidnapped by North Korean agents, show their book “Megumi e no Yuigon” (Last word to Megumi). (Ryo Kato)
April 21, 2012
Nearing their 80s and still not knowing the fate of their daughter, Megumi, who was abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s, Shigeru and Sakie Yokota wanted to make sure...
Noda visits photo exhibition of abductee Yokota
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda bows his head at a photo exhibition of Megumi Yokota in the No. 2 Lower House members' building in Tokyo on Dec. 7. Seen in the background is Yokota's mother Sakie, left, and her father Shigeru. (Satoru Semba)
December 08, 2011
Yoshihiko Noda on Dec. 7 became the first incumbent prime minister to visit a photo exhibition of abductee Megumi Yokota that has been touring Japan and overseas since 2005.
South Korean weekly may have tracked down abductee...
Sakie Yokota, left, and her husband Shigeru sit before a photo of their missing daughter Megumi. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
November 08, 2011
SEOUL--The Japanese government is trying to verify information reported by a South Korean weekly magazine that a woman believed to be abductee Megumi Yokota was living in...
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