Mother of North Korean abductee Megumi Yokota calls for daughter’s return to Japan 47 years after abduction

Sakie Yokota speaks at a press conference in Kawasaki on Tuesday (Nov 12). - Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

KAWASAKI, (Japan): The mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, expressed her anguish as the 47th anniversary of her daughter’s abduction approached.

Megumi was abducted on Nov 15, 1977, on her way home from junior high school in Niigata. She was 13 years old.