Relatives of abductees in Washington

Relatives of abductees in Washington

Takuya Yokota (R), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, and group member Koichiro Iizuka hold a press conference in Washington on Sept. 23, 2026, following meetings with U.S. government officials and lawmakers to get their backing for a resolution of the decades-long issue. Yokota is a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13, while Iizuka's mother, Yaeko Taguchi, was taken to North Korea in 1978.

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