THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 30, 2022 at 17:10 JST
Sakie Yokota, mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted to North Korea when she was 13 in 1977, speaks at an event in Tokyo on May 29 to call for the return of all abductees. (Ryuichi Kitano)
With Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in attendance, family members of Japanese abducted by North Korea pressed for their immediate return at a major rally in Tokyo on May 29. [Read More]
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