Megumi Yokota - Factbites

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	Japundit » What happened to Megumi Yokota?
		Yokota was a 13-year-old middle school student snatched by North Korean operatives on her way home from school.
		Pyongyang attempted to gain some traction by allowing Yokota’s daughter, Kim Hye Gyong, 15 at the time, to be interviewed by a Japanese TV network.
		It also was reported that people have seen Yokota alive after the date she reportedly hung herself.
	japundit.com /archives/2005/01/28/what-happened-to-megumi-yokota

	North Korean abductions of Japanese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most of the missing were in their 20s although the youngest, Megumi Yokota, was just 13 when she disappeared in November, 1977 from the Japanese west coast city of Niigata.
		In November 2004, North Korea returned two human remains, stating that these are the remains of Megumi Yokota and Kaoru Matsuki, who died after being abducted in North Korea.
		Outline and Background of Abduction Cases of Japanese Nationals by North Korea, a publication of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, April, 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Japanese (853 words)

	asahi.com : English
		Shigeru Yokota, whose daughter Megumi is also among those declared dead, said, ``The abduction issue cannot be settled just by having the prime minister visit Pyongyang and bring back the families.''
		Speaking to a gathering in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, on Sunday, Yokota, added: ``I don't believe the time is right for such a visit.
		It will be when the facts surrounding those who were declared dead or were not recognized as entering the country come to light.''
	www.buzztracker.org /2004/05/13/cache/189334.html (583 words)

	AJW Tapes List
		Also in the match were: Chigusa Nagayo, Sakura Hirota, Megumi Kudo, Kaori Nakayama, Jaguar Yokota, Yuko Kosugi, Tomoko Watanabe, Kumiko Maekawa,
		Toshiyo Yamada and KAORU beat Kumiko Maekawa and Momoe Nakanishi (16:34) when KAORU pinned Maekawa.
		Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki beat Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada (36:04) in a "Best Of Three Falls Match" to win the WWWA World Tag Team Titles when Ozaki pinned Toyota.
	www.wrestletapes.net /alljapanwomenmain.html (583 words)

	ANN
		Besides Arimoto and Ishioka, the dates of death disclosed by North Korea were: Megumi Yokota on March 13, 1993; Yaeko Taguchi on July 30, 1986; Tadaaki Hara on July 19, 1986; Shuichi Ichikawa on Sept. 4, 1979; and Kaoru Matsuki on Aug. 23, 1996.
		Ishioka's family received a letter from him in September 1988, indicating he was living in North Korea with Arimoto and Matsuki.
		Ishioka, from Sapporo, disappeared in 1980 at the age of 22 while traveling in Spain.
	www.asianewsnet.net /level3_template1.php?l3sec=8&news_id=5998 (583 words)

	Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
		A man said by North Korea to have been the husband of the famous Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota is very likely Kim Young-nam, a South Korean also abducted by North Korea some 30 years ago, the Japanese government announced Tuesday.
		Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
	english.chosun.com (592 words)

	Daily Yomiuri On-Line
		Machimura briefed Ban about the ashes handed over by North Korea that it claimed were the remains of abductee Megumi Yokota, but that were determined to be those of others, and told his counterpart: "Many Japanese feel intense anger over North Korea's handling (of the issue).
		Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura sought South Korea's cooperation in resolving the issue of North Korea's abduction of Japanese in talks with South Korean Foreign and Trade Minister Ban Ki Moon on Saturday in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture.
		Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun deepened their personal relations Saturday morning with a walk in the garden and a tea ceremony at a hotel in Ibusuki where they held summit talks the previous day.
	www.buzztracker.org /2004/12/19/cache/414217.html (424 words)

	ProWrestlingInsider.com - WWE/TNA Wrestling News, Rumors, Columns and Results
		The feature was the Jaguar Yokota Cup Tag Team Tournament.
		Megumi Yabushita & Kaori Yoneyama (Miyazaki over Yoneyama in 10:16)
		Ariya & KAZUKI (Miyazaki over KAZUKI in 12:19)
	www.pwinsider.com /ViewArticle.asp?id=3659&p=1 (424 words)

	New Tapes Kingoftheshill PAL Japanese & Mexican wrestling
		12.Jaguar Yokota & Yuki Lee & Miyuki Sogabe & Megumi Yabushita vs. Lioness Asuka & Ryuna & Fang Suzuki & Angie
		Ofune & Yuu Yamagata vs. Apple Miyuki & Haruka Matsuo
		Bruiser Brody Kim Duk vs. The Destroyer & Giant Baba
	www.kingoftheshill.com /newtapes.html (424 words)

	E-Budo.com - Abductees' kin watch videos of survivors
		"It is hard to believe (the explanations) with only the current information," Hirayama said, referring to the reported causes of death of Megumi Yokota, seized by North Korean agents in Niigata in 1977 at age 13, and seven other abductees detailed in report Wednesday by a Tokyo investigative mission to Pyongyang.
		Hirayama cited the cases of Takashi Osawa, a prefectural government employee who went missing in 1974 on Niigata Prefecture's Sado Island at the age of 27, and Miyoshi Soga, who also went missing there with her daughter, Hitomi, at the age of 46 in 1978.
		Families who were unable to travel to Tokyo on Wednesday to hear descriptions of the mission's findings from Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe received briefings and photos of the abductees that the mission brought back.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-14397.html (424 words)

	wmnpuror
		Mima Shimoda/ Chikako Shiratori vs Jaguar Yokota/ Yuko Kosugi
		Suzuka Manami/ Chikako Shiratori vs. Megumi Kudo/ Nurse Nakamura
		Rie Tamada vs Chikako Shiratori(Jd') for All Japan title
	www.deathvalleydriver.com /dynamictapelist/wmnpuror.html (424 words)

	AJW Tapes List
		Also in the match were: Chigusa Nagayo, Sakura Hirota, Megumi Kudo, Kaori Nakayama, Jaguar Yokota, Yuko Kosugi, Tomoko Watanabe, Kumiko Maekawa,
		Tomoko Watanabe and Chaparita Asari beat Shinatori and Rie Tamada (9:45) when Asari pinned Tamada.
		Toshiyo Yamada and KAORU beat Kumiko Maekawa and Momoe Nakanishi (16:34) when KAORU pinned Maekawa.
	www.wrestletapes.net /alljapanwomenmain.html (1086 words)

	North Korea News
		SEOUL The mother of a South Korean man abducted by North Korea and believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota will seek a meeting this week with her son's reported abductor.
		Korea, Chinese defense chiefs consider emergency hot line, joint operations South Korean and Chinese defense chiefs yesterday discussed ways of preventing accidental clashes in the West Sea between the nations'...
		The storm, originating from northern China, was to hit several islets off South Korea s west coast, as well as North Korea on Monday...
	www.topix.net /world/north-korea (646 words)

	Nautilus Institute Policy Forum Online: Can North Korea's Perestroika Succeed?
		Yokota Megumi, abducted 15 November 1977 (Niigata), aged 13, m.
		*Hasuike Kaoru, aged 20, July 1978, Kashiwazaki, Niigata, m.
		*Okudo Yukiko, aged 22, July 1978, Kashiwazaki, Niigata, See entry for Hasuike.
	www.nautilus.org /fora/security/0215A_Haruki.html (646 words)

	Japan News and Humor
		The list of the dead includes then 13 year old Megumi Yokota who disappeared from Niigata 25 years ago.
		In fact, the mayor of Kashiwazaki may be the hardest working man in Japanese politics as he frequently has to travel to Niigata for a meeting with parents of the alleged abductees and TEPCO officials and then climb on the bullet train and head to Tokyo for a meeting with Koizumi.
		Kashiwazaki has been in the news a great deal the past two weeks, what with TEPCO problems and PM Koizumi’s trip to North Korea today.
	www.crazyjapan.com /CJT--9-17_update.html (646 words)

	Maebashi, Gunma
		January 13, 2003-- MAEBASHI, Japan, Jan. 12 Kyodo Shigeru Yokota and his wife Sakie, whose daughter Megumi was abducted to North Korea in 1977 at age 13 and is reported...
		July 12, 1999 -- MAEBASHI, Japan, July 5 Kyodo Incumbent Gunma Gov. Hiroyuki Kodera won his third four-year term of office in Sunday's gubernatorial election, overwhelmingly...
		Maebashi, Gunma related discount products at Discount Hunter
	www.articlesgalore.com /documents/Maebashi,_Gunma (646 words)

	Guardian Unlimited World dispatch Nuclear reaction
		North Korea, which considers the matter closed, did not help its cause earlier this year when it returned remains it said belonged to Megumi Yokota, one of the "dead" abductees, only for DNA tests in Japan to show that they belonged to someone else.
		Hours after it brought renewed hope for stability in north-east Asia by agreeing to dismantle its nuclear weapons programme in return for aid and help with its civilian nuclear programme, Pyongyang appeared to undergo a change of heart.
		With so much at stake on either side, Japan's response to this latest act of diplomatic bluster could best be described as tinged with optimism that the North's apparent attempt to renege on Monday's agreement in Beijing agreement is little more than a bump in the road.
	www.guardian.co.uk /elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1575101,00.html (1068 words)

	2_3_2.htm
		Officials also divulged that the two couples had known of Megumi Yokota, an abductee who went missing in Niigata at the age of 13 and whom Pyongyang said is dead.
		Akitaka Saiki, deputy director-general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, said he overheard the abductees talking while waiting to depart from Pyongyang airport.
		They left their families behind to the chagrin of many of the elderly relatives.
	www.yale.edu /japan/newsletters/2_3_2.htm (1068 words)

	Asia Times
		"We will not forgive the North Koreans for this terrible crime," sobbed Shigeru Yokota, who on Tuesday got confirmation that his daughter Megumi, abducted on her way home from school in 1977 when she was 13, was indeed dead.
		South Korean media quoted President Kim Dae-jung as saying that the summit was a success, as economic aid to Pyongyang would ease Seoul's burden of coping with refugees from the North.
		Koizumi flew into the North Korean capital at 9:15am on Tuesday for a summit with the reclusive Kim, marking the first meeting between the two and the first time that a Japanese head of state has visited the Stalinist nation.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Japan/DI19Dh03.html (1020 words)

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