Abduction Survivor Hitomi Soga Urges Japan to Hold Early Summit with North Korea as Her Abducted Mother Turns 94

By Yasuyuki Yamada / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
16:18 JST,
December 28, 2025
SADO, Niigata — Hitomi Soga, 66, a Japanese victim of abduction by North Korea, gave an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, in conjunction with her mother Miyoshi’s 94th birthday on Sunday.
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