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2 abductees reported alive in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Combination file photo shows Shuichi Ichikawa (L) and Rumiko Masumoto, who were abducted by North Korea. Ichikawa's brother Kenichi said Jan. 27, 2011, he obtained information that the two were alive in the country as of 2006, despite Pyongyang's claim that they have already died.

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Funeral held for mother of missing abductee Ichikawa

KANOYA, Japan - Kenichi Ichikawa (L), elder brother of Shuichi Ichikawa, who was one of the Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s and 1980s, makes a speech during the funeral of Tomi Ichikawa (photo in frame), the abductee's mother who died at age 91 on Nov. 15 of subarachnoid hemorrhage at a hospital in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Japanese, S. Korean abductees' kin seek U.S. citizens' help

WASHINGTON, United States - The kin and supporters of both Japanese and South Korean citizens abducted by North Korea call for help at a rally outside the White House on April 22. ''Citizens of the United States, please join forces with our struggle,'' said Kenichi Ichikawa, elder brother of Shuichi Ichikawa, who vanished from a Kagoshima Prefecture beach in 1978 at age 23 along with his girlfriend Rumiko Masumoto, then 24.

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(2)N. Korean spy ship shown to public at Kagoshima dock

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kenichi Ichikawa, who had his brother abducted by North Korea, looks at a salvaged North Korean spy ship at it went on public display at a Kagoshima City dock May 17. Apart from the ship itself, the coast guard also showed a small boat, a water scooter and some weapons recovered from the ship.

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Copy of Ichikawa's death confirmation note shown

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichi Ichikawa, a brother of Shuichi Ichikawa who North Korea said died after being abducted to the country, shows copies of a note confirming Shuichi's death (R) and an application for marriage registry (L) in Tokyo on Oct. 3. The copies were supplied by North Korea to a Japanese government investigation mission in Pyongyang.

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N. Korea abduction issue

Kenichi Ichikawa (R) hands out a flier to a driver in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Hioki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the date his younger brother Shuichi, one of the Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea, went missing near a local beach 44 years ago.

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(2)N. Korean spy ship shown to public at Kagoshima dock

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kenichi Ichikawa, who had his brother abducted by North Korea, looks at a salvaged North Korean spy ship at it went on public display at a Kagoshima City dock May 17. Apart from the ship itself, the coast guard also showed a small boat, a water scooter and some weapons recovered from the ship. (Kyodo)

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Copy of Ichikawa's death confirmation note shown

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichi Ichikawa, a brother of Shuichi Ichikawa who North Korea said died after being abducted to the country, shows copies of a note confirming Shuichi's death (R) and an application for marriage registry (L) in Tokyo on Oct. 3. The copies were supplied by North Korea to a Japanese government investigation mission in Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, S. Korean abductees' kin seek U.S. citizens' help

WASHINGTON, United States - The kin and supporters of both Japanese and South Korean citizens abducted by North Korea call for help at a rally outside the White House on April 22. ''Citizens of the United States, please join forces with our struggle,'' said Kenichi Ichikawa, elder brother of Shuichi Ichikawa, who vanished from a Kagoshima Prefecture beach in 1978 at age 23 along with his girlfriend Rumiko Masumoto, then 24. (Kyodo)

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Funeral held for mother of missing abductee Ichikawa

KANOYA, Japan - Kenichi Ichikawa (L), elder brother of Shuichi Ichikawa, who was one of the Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s and 1980s, makes a speech during the funeral of Tomi Ichikawa (photo in frame), the abductee's mother who died at age 91 on Nov. 15 of subarachnoid hemorrhage at a hospital in Kagoshima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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2 abductees reported alive in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Combination file photo shows Shuichi Ichikawa (L) and Rumiko Masumoto, who were abducted by North Korea. Ichikawa's brother Kenichi said Jan. 27, 2011, he obtained information that the two were alive in the country as of 2006, despite Pyongyang's claim that they have already died. (Kyodo)

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Family of Japanese abductees by N. Korea

Kenichi Ichikawa, whose younger brother Shuichi was abducted by North Korea in 1978, speaks to reporters while watching the U.S.-North Korea summit on television at his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Family of Japanese abductees by N. Korea

Kenichi Ichikawa, whose younger brother Shuichi was abducted by North Korea in 1978, watches the U.S.-North Korea summit on television at his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kin of Japanese abductees seeking return of all from N. Korea

Kenichi Ichikawa (far L), whose younger brother Shuichi was abducted to North Korea at age 23 in 1978, speaks to reporters on Sept. 8, 2016, at a seacoast in Hioki, Kagoshima Prefecture, where Shuichi and his girlfriend Rumiko Masumoto were kidnapped. Ichikawa, who attended an inspection with the lower house panel on the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, said he wants Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit North Korea and realize the return of all abductees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo