Mother of Japanese Abductee Megumi Yokota Expresses Desire to See Daughter
Sakie Yokota, the 90-year-old mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea 49 years ago, has publicly expressed her fervent wish to see her daughter one last time before she passes away. Speaking at a press conference in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, Sakie Yokota reflected on the prolonged separation, noting that her daughter, who was 13 at the time of her abduction, is now 62. Megumi was taken on November 15, 1977, while returning from junior high school in Niigata, central Japan. Sakie Yokota described her feelings as 'hopeless' and akin to a 'flame had gone out' due to the decades-long ordeal. She also shared a poignant detail about a comb Megumi had given her father, Shigeru, as a birthday present the day before her abduction, which Shigeru carried with him constantly until his death in 2020 at age 87.
