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[Breaking news]Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press

KAWASAKI, Japan, Oct. 2 Kyodo - Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2025, ahead of her 61st birthday on Oct. 5, while showing a book the mother read to the daughter when she was a child. (Kyodo)

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press

Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2025, ahead of her 61st birthday on Oct. 5.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press

Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2025, ahead of her 61st birthday on Oct. 5, while showing a book the mother read to the daughter when she was a child.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press

Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2025, ahead of her 61st birthday on Oct. 5.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press

Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2025, ahead of her 61st birthday on Oct. 5, while showing a book the mother read to the daughter when she was a child.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press

Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2025, ahead of her 61st birthday on Oct. 5.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press

Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, meets the press in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2025, ahead of her 61st birthday on Oct. 5.

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Japan's Empress Masako's 61st birthday

Japan's Empress Masako (R) visits the residence of former Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in Tokyo with Emperor Naruhito on her 61st birthday on Dec. 9, 2024, for customary birthday greetings.

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Koizumi celebrates 61st birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shows birthday messages from reporters in charge of covering his activities at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, his 61st birthday.

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Japanese Emperor's 61st birthday

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) meets Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2021, during a gathering to celebrate the emperor's 61st birthday. His birthday greeting to the general public at the palace was canceled amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Emperor's 61st birthday

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga celebrates Emperor Naruhito's 61st birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2021. The emperor's birthday greeting to the general public at the palace was canceled amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Emperor's 61st birthday

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2021, to attend an event celebrating his 61st birthday. His birthday greeting to the general public at the palace was canceled amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Emperor's 61st birthday

Japanese Emperor Naruhito speaks at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2021, during a gathering to celebrate his 61st birthday. His birthday greeting to the general public at the palace was canceled amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Koizumi celebrates 61st birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shows birthday messages from reporters in charge of covering his activities at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 8, his 61st birthday. (Kyodo)