By SOKICHI KURODA/ Staff Writer
October 5, 2020 at 18:05 JST
Sakie Yokota holds a news conference in Kawasaki on Oct. 1 ahead of her daughter Megumi’s 56th birthday. (Tatsuya Shimada)
Just as she does every Oct. 5, the mother of Japan's most famous abduction victim, Megumi Yokota, held a modest celebration at home to mark the birthday of the daughter she last saw as a 13-year-old in 1977 before she was spirited away to North Korea. [Read More]
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