Japanese abductee kin call for help at U.N. meet

Japanese abductee kin call for help at U.N. meet

GENEVA, Switzerland - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of a group of families of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korea, calls for international cooperation to prevent such crimes during a symposium at the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva on Sept, 10, 2014. Tamaji Takeshita, a sister of suspected abductee Noriko Furukawa, holds a picture of Masumoto's abducted sister Rumiko. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000336131
  • Registered date
  • 2014/9/12 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2613 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.15(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

    Symposium on N. Korea's abductions

    TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, speaks at a government-sponsored symposium on the issue in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2025. He called for the early return of abductees including his older sister Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13. (Kyodo)
      Japan PM Takaichi meets kin of abductees

      Japan PM Takaichi meets kin of abductees

      Takuya Yokota (L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, and his mother, Sakie, meet the press after attending a meeting with new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2025. Takuya's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.
        U.N. symposium on N. Korea's abductions

        U.N. symposium on N. Korea's abductions

        Takuya Yokota (R), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, and Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C), take part in an online U.N. symposium on the abduction issue from Tokyo on June 26, 2025. Yokota's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.
          Abductees' families hold rally

          Abductees' families hold rally

          Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, speaks during a rally in Tokyo on May 24, 2025, holding a picture of abductee Keiko Arimoto whose father Akihiro died in February at age 96. Yokota's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.
            Head of abductee families group returns home from Washington

            Head of abductee families group returns home from Washington

            Takuya Yokota (L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades earlier, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 4, 2025, following a trip to Washington for meetings with U.S. government officials and lawmakers. Yokota's sister Megumi was abducted in 1977 at age 13.
              Head of abductee families group departs for Washington

              Head of abductee families group departs for Washington

              Takuya Yokota (3rd from L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades earlier, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 29, 2025, before flying to Washington for meetings with U.S. government officials and lawmakers. Yokota's sister Megumi was abducted in 1977 at age 13.
                Japanese abductee's family

                Japanese abductee's family

                Takuya Yokota (R), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, holds a press conference in Tokyo with his mother Sakie on Sept. 11, 2024. His sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977 and is a symbol of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang.
                  Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

                  Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

                  Members of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, including Sakie Yokota (3rd from R) -- whose daughter Megumi was abducted at age 13 in 1977 -- hold a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (4th from L) at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2024.
                    Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

                    Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

                    Takuya Yokota (2nd from L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, speaks to reporters following a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. His sister Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.
                      Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

                      Abductee's families meet U.S. envoy to U.N.

                      Members of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, including Sakie Yokota (back, 2nd from R) -- whose daughter Megumi was abducted at age 13 in 1977 -- hold a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (front, far L) at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2024.