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Mother of Megumi Yokota, Abducted by North Korea, Marks Daughter's 62nd Birthday: Sakie Yokota, 90, voiced frustration at knowing nothing of her daughter's ...
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Abductee Yokota Megumi's mother appeals for action 6 years after husband's death: The father of Japanese abductee Yokota Megumi died six years ago this month ...
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90-year-old mother of abductee laments lack of progress on securing return: Sakie Yokota has not seen her daughter, Megumi, since her 1977 abduction at the age ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/japan/north-korea-abductee-mother-sakie-yokota/

Sakie Yokota, Last Surviving Parent of a North Korea Abductee, Urges Daughter’s Return Ahead of 90th Birthday
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Japan's top government spokesman meets Sakie Yokota, mother of abductee Megumi: In the meeting, Sakie said she hopes there will be some progress this year on the ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/japan/politics/megumi-yokota-mother-kihara-abduction/

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara Meets with Megumi Yokota’s Mother, Last Surviving Parent of an Abductee
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Aging mother clings to hope of reunion with abducted daughter: Yokota Megumi vanished on her way home from school 48 years ago. It later turned out she had been ...
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N Korea abductee's mother laments passage of 48 years without reunion: Saturday marked 48 years since the disappearance of Megumi Yokota ...
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After 48 years, families of Japanese abductees still waiting for progress: 'The situation will not change unless we do something different,' a senior official at ...
japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/japan/north-korea-abduction-48-years/

Abductee Megumi Yokota’s Mother ‘Simply Appalled’ by Lack of Resolution in Case; Saturday Marks 48th Anniversary of Yokota Being Taken by North Korean Agents
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Classmates of Megumi Yokota Hold Charity Concert in Niigata, Express Hope for Her Return
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Sakie Yokota Shares Children’s Book Beloved by North Korea Abducted Daughter Megumi
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N. Korea abductee's mother hopes for progress on issue under new Japan PM - The Mainichi
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Mother of Japanese abductee urges government action for return of all victims: The mother of a Japanese woman abducted to North Korea has urged the government to ...
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Kin urge renewed focus on longstanding N. Korea abduction issue as Japan PM resigns - The Mainichi
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Wartime memories help mother of Megumi Yokota understand her plight - The Mainichi
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Will the Last Surviving Parent of a Japanese Abductee Get Closure?: The abduction issue has long been treated as a bilateral concern between Japan and North ...
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UN expert on N. Korea expresses empathy for Japanese abductees' kin - The Mainichi
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Japanese Mother of Abductee Frustrated by Lack of Resolution to Issue; No Abductees Have Returned to Japan from North Korea Since 2002
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Families of Japanese Abducted by North Korea Ask New U.S. Ambassador for Cooperation; Families Urge for Quick Return of Abductees
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Families of Japanese abducted by N. Korea call for Trump's support - The Mainichi
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