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90-Year-Old Mother of Abductee Laments Lack of Progress

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Jiji Press

10:56 JST, February 4, 2026

Kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref., Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)—The mother of Megumi Yokota, a Japanese national abducted by North Korea decades ago, turned 90 on Wednesday, lamenting the lack of progress in fulfilling her long-cherished wish to bring her daughter back to Japan.

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