By ROPPEI TSUDA/ Staff Writer
November 15, 2021 at 19:03 JST
Sakie Yokota gives a news conference on Nov. 9 ahead of the 44th anniversary of her daughter Megumi‘s abduction on Nov. 15. Seen behind is the first New Year calligraphy Megumi did when she was a sixth-grader. (Pool)
Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea when she was a teen, expressed agony over having spent more than 40 years pleading with the government to work for her return to no avail. [Read More]
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