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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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Mother of missing abductee Ichikawa dies at 91

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Tomi Ichikawa, the mother of Shuichi Ichikawa who was one of the Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s and 1980s, died of subarachnoid hemorrhage at the age of 91 at a hospital in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 15. File photo shows Tomi receiving flowers on Mother's Day in May.

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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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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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(1)North Korea confirms eight persons dead

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show three persons who were taken to North Korea and were confirmed dead by North Korea on Sept. 17. (From L to R) Megumi Yokoya, Rumiko Masumoto and Shuichi Ichikawa.

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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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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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Mother of missing abductee Ichikawa dies at 91

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Tomi Ichikawa, the mother of Shuichi Ichikawa who was one of the Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s and 1980s, died of subarachnoid hemorrhage at the age of 91 at a hospital in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 15. File photo shows Tomi receiving flowers on Mother's Day in May. (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

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(1)North Korea confirms eight persons dead

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show three persons who were taken to North Korea and were confirmed dead by North Korea on Sept. 17. (From L to R) Megumi Yokoya, Rumiko Masumoto and Shuichi Ichikawa. (Kyodo)