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

KAWASAKI, Japan, Nov. 12 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 Nov. 11, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction. (Kyodo)

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48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (C) meets the press during a visit to the site in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, where Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, together with her younger twin brothers Tetsuya (L) and Takuya on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

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48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (C) meets the press during a visit to the site in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, where Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, together with her younger twin brothers Tetsuya (L) and Takuya on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

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48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (far R) visits the site in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, where Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, together with her younger twin brothers Tetsuya (2nd from R) and Takuya (2nd from L) on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

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48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Sakie Yokota (on screen), mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks online at an event in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

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48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Sakie Yokota (on screen), mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks online at an event in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother

Sakie Yokota (far R), 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks to junior high school students during an event in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother

Sakie Yokota (C), 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, prays during an event in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother

Sakie Yokota (back, 2nd from R), 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, attends an event in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction.

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Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother

Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks during an event in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction.

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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 Nov. 11, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction.

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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 Nov. 11, 2025, ahead of the 48th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction.

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Mother of Japanese abductee

KAWASAKI, Japan, Nov. 12 Kyodo - Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks during a meeting with the media in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2024, ahead of the 47th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction from a beach in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Event on North Korean abduction issue

Hitomi Soga, a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 before being repatriated in 2002, speaks to reporters on Nov. 16, 2024, after attending an event in the central Japan city of Niigata, to mark the 47th anniversary of the abduction of Megumi Yokota. Yokota was abducted by North Korea at age 13 on Nov. 15, 1977, and has become a symbol of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s.

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Event on North Korean abduction issue

Tetsuya Yokota, a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks on Nov. 16, 2024, at an event in the central Japan city of Niigata to mark the 47th anniversary of the abduction on Nov. 15.

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Event on North Korean abduction issue

Tetsuya (L) and Takuya Yokota, younger brothers of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks to reporters on Nov. 16, 2024, after attending an event in the central Japan city of Niigata, to mark the 47th anniversary of the abduction on Nov. 15.

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Event on North Korean abduction issue

Sakie Yokota, mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks online on Nov. 16, 2024, at an event in the central Japan city of Niigata, to mark the 47th anniversary of the abduction on Nov. 15.

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47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

A music concert is held at Niigata Elementary School, Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota's alma mater in Niigata city northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2024, the 47th anniversary of her abduction by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.

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47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

A music concert is held at Niigata Elementary School, Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota's alma mater in Niigata city northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2024, the 47th anniversary of her abduction by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.

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47th anniversary of Megumi Yokota's abduction

A music concert is held at Niigata Elementary School, Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota's alma mater in Niigata city northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2024, the 47th anniversary of her abduction by North Korea at age 13 in 1977.

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Mother of Japanese abductee

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks during a meeting with the media in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2024, ahead of the 47th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction from a beach in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo.

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Mother of Japanese abductee

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks during a meeting with the media in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2024, ahead of the 47th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction from a beach in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo.

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Japanese abductee Yokota's brother

Takuya Yokota, whose sister Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks on Nov. 11, 2023, at an event in Niigata, north of Tokyo, marking the 46th anniversary of the abduction on Nov. 15.

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Mother of Japanese abductee

Sakie Yokota, 87, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks during a press conference in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2023, ahead of the 46th anniversary of the abduction on Nov. 15.

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Mother of Japanese abductee

Sakie Yokota, 87, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks during a press conference in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2023, ahead of the 46th anniversary of the abduction on Nov. 15.

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Mother of Japanese abductee

Sakie Yokota, 87, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks during a press conference in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2023, ahead of the 46th anniversary of the abduction on Nov. 15.

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Rally held for Japanese believed abducted by N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - A citizens' group supporting relatives of Japanese allegedly abducted by North Korean agents holds a gathering in Niigata city, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 15, 2001 to mark the day when one of the missing disappeared in the prefecture 24 years ago. The meeting focused on Megumi Yokota who disappeared on Nov. 15, 1977 at the age of 13 from the city on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Mother of Japanese abductee

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, holds an oil painting featuring a port in Niigata Prefecture during a meeting with the media in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2022, ahead of the 45th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction from a beach in Niigata northwest of Tokyo. The mother painted the work a few months after Megumi went missing. (Pool photo)

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Mother of Japanese abductee

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, holds a press conference in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2022, ahead of the 45th anniversary on Nov. 15 of her abduction from a beach in Niigata Prefecture northwest of Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Rally held for Japanese believed abducted by N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - A citizens' group supporting relatives of Japanese allegedly abducted by North Korean agents holds a gathering in Niigata city, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 15, 2001 to mark the day when one of the missing disappeared in the prefecture 24 years ago. The meeting focused on Megumi Yokota who disappeared on Nov. 15, 1977 at the age of 13 from the city on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Event on North Korean abduction issue

A video message from Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, is played during an event to call for the return of Japanese abductees to North Korea in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2020, the 43rd anniversary of Megumi's abduction from a beach in the prefecture. Her father Shigeru died on June 5 at age 87, without ever being reunited with his daughter.

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40 years since N. Korea's abduction of Japanese woman

File photo shows Megumi Yokota, who was abducted from Japan by North Korea at age 13 on Nov. 15, 1977. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo