48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

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.

48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

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.

48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

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.

Event on North Korean abduction issue

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.

Event on North Korean abduction issue

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.

Tailor shop owner gives quilt to abductee's mother

Tailor shop owner gives quilt to abductee's mother

NIIGATA, Japan - Matsuko Shiraishi (R), a tailor shop owner in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, hands an ornamental quilt to Tetsuya Yokota, a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, a symbol in the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, in Niigata on Nov. 15, 2014, to cheer up Megumi's mother Sakie.

Yokota meets kin of S. Korean man likely to be daughter's husband

Yokota meets kin of S. Korean man likely to be daughter's husband

SEOUL, South Korea - Tetsuya Yokota (R), brother of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, shake hands with Choi Gye Wol, 78, mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam who is possibly Megumi's husband, as Shigeru Yokota (C), Megumi's father, looks on as they meet for the first time in Seoul on May 16.

Yokota leaves for Seoul to meet S. Korean abductee's relatives

Yokota leaves for Seoul to meet S. Korean abductee's relatives

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota, the father of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, prepares to leave Tokyo's Haneda airport for Seoul on May 15 to meet with the families of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam, who is believed to be Megumi's husband in North Korea. At right is Megumi's brother Tetsuya.

Bolton meets reps of families of abducted Japanese

Bolton meets reps of families of abducted Japanese

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. arms control chief John Bolton (L) shakes hands with Tetsuya Yokota and meets other representatives of the families of Japanese abducted to North Korea at the U.S. State Department on Sept. 12. The others are Shigeo Iizuka (2nd from L), Takuya Yokota (3rd from L), and the group's deputy head Yoichi Shimada. (Pool photo)

North Korean abduction issue

North Korean abduction issue

Tetsuya Yokota, a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks during a rally on the abduction issue on Nov. 14, 2021, in Niigata, Japan.

Bolton meets reps of families of abducted Japanese

Bolton meets reps of families of abducted Japanese

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. arms control chief John Bolton (L) shakes hands with Tetsuya Yokota and meets other representatives of the families of Japanese abducted to North Korea at the U.S. State Department on Sept. 12. The others are Shigeo Iizuka (2nd from L), Takuya Yokota (3rd from L), and the group's deputy head Yoichi Shimada. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

Yokota meets kin of S. Korean man likely to be daughter's husban

Yokota meets kin of S. Korean man likely to be daughter's husban

SEOUL, South Korea - Tetsuya Yokota (R), brother of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, shake hands with Choi Gye Wol, 78, mother of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam who is possibly Megumi's husband, as Shigeru Yokota (C), Megumi's father, looks on as they meet for the first time in Seoul on May 16. (Kyodo)

Yokota leaves for Seoul to meet S. Korean abductee's relatives

Yokota leaves for Seoul to meet S. Korean abductee's relatives

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota, the father of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, prepares to leave Tokyo's Haneda airport for Seoul on May 15 to meet with the families of South Korean abductee Kim Young Nam, who is believed to be Megumi's husband in North Korea. At right is Megumi's brother Tetsuya. (Kyodo)

Tailor shop owner gives quilt to abductee's mother

Tailor shop owner gives quilt to abductee's mother

NIIGATA, Japan - Matsuko Shiraishi (R), a tailor shop owner in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, hands an ornamental quilt to Tetsuya Yokota, a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, a symbol in the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, in Niigata on Nov. 15, 2014, to cheer up Megumi's mother Sakie. (Kyodo)

Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press after husband's death

Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press after husband's death

Sakie Yokota (2nd from R), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2020, on the death of her husband Shigeru Yokota. Sitting beside Sakie Yokota are Megumi's younger twin brothers Takuya (3rd from L) and Tetsuya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press after husband's death

Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press after husband's death

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2020, a day after the funeral of her husband Shigeru Yokota. Shigeru Yokota died on June 5 at age 87, without ever being reunited with his daughter, a symbolic figure in the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s. Sitting beside Sakie Yokota are Megumi's younger twin brothers Takuya (L) and Tetsuya (R). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press after husband's death

Abductee Megumi Yokota's mother meets press after husband's death

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2020, a day after the funeral of her husband Shigeru Yokota. Shigeru Yokota died on June 5 at age 87, without ever being reunited with his daughter, a symbolic figure in the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s. Sitting beside Sakie Yokota are Megumi's younger twin brothers Takuya (L) and Tetsuya (R). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo