Head of Abductees' Families Relieved over Japan-U.S. Summit

   Tokyo, Feb. 8 (Jiji Press)--Takuya Yokota, who heads a group of families of Japanese abductees to North Korea, on Saturday expressed relief over the outcome of the Japan-U.S. summit held the previous day.
   Yokota, 56, a brother of Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 when she was still 13, commented on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, which took place in Washington.
   "It was good that (Japan) stated the necessity of resolving the issue and was able to gain support from the United States, and that the two countries were able to fall into step (with each other) on the human rights violation by North Korea," he said.
   "It is important for the families to be reunited (with the victims) in Japan while the parents' generation is still alive," he added.
   Sakie, the 89-year-old mother of Takuya and Megumi, also said, "I'm not sure how much the United States talked about the topic, but I hope it did."

(2025/02/08-17:38)

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