Megumi Yokota
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Megumi Yokota | |
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| File:Megumi Yokota with her father.jpg Megumi (five months old) with her father | |
| Born | 5 October 1964 |
| Disappeared | 15 November 1977 (aged 13) Niigata Prefecture |
| Status | Missing for 47 years, 1 month and 7 days |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Student |
She was one of at least seventeen Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The North Korean government said that they kidnapped Yokota, but also said that she died in captivity. Yokota's parents and others in Japan believe that she is still alive in North Korea.
On September 19, 2017, President of the United States Donald Trump, in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, included Yokota in a series of accusations against the North Korean government.[2]
Megumi Yokota Media
Megumi's mother Sakie Yokota (on the right near the lamp) with then-US president George W. Bush
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References
- ↑ https://mainichi.jp/articles/20190323/k00/00m/040/202000c, 28 January 2021
- ↑ Associated Press, from Japan Today, "Megumi Yokota's mother thankful Trump spoke of her daughter's abduction in U.N. speech", 21 September 2017