"I kept thinking about Megumi" Supporter who visited Shigeru Yokota June 6 17:57

Mr. Tajima, who lives in the neighborhood who has supported the rescue activities of Mr. and Mrs. Yokota, said that Mr. Shigeru, the father of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korea, died on the 5th. I left it, I kept thinking for a long time," recalled the situation when I visited to visit.

Tajima says that once a month since Shigeru was hospitalized, he visited the hospital room to visit him.

Until last year, Shigeru smiled when he appeared in the hospital room, but he said that he could not visit for the past two months to prevent infection with the new coronavirus. is.

There were many pictures of Megumi in the hospital room, so Tajima said, "When I talk to Shigeru, I sometimes feel that I'm looking at Megumi's picture. I was always looking at Megumi-chan's photos, and although I wasn't the one who talked to me a lot, there were times when my emotions increased when it came to the abduction issue."

And, "For the past year or so, my ability to think about various things may have diminished, but my eyes changed when it came to abduction. I think I kept thinking about Megumi-chan." I was talking.

Shigeru after hospitalization

Mr. Shigeru Yokota was ill and hospitalized since April.

My wife, Sakie, was 84 years old and visited the hospital room every day while feeling weakness, and I met Shigeru.

When Sakie-san was placed in the sick room and looked at Mr. Tegumi's photo, she said, "I'll be able to see you soon, so I'll do my best."

Shigeru became difficult to stand on his own, but he has been striving to maintain his physical strength by taking a walk in a wheelchair with Sakie on the premises of the hospital and performing rehabilitation.

In addition, Sakie-san said he used to massage Shige-san's limb joints so that they would not get hard.

Recently, it is no longer possible to have a face-to-face meeting in order to prevent infection with the new coronavirus, but it is said that they were face-to-face with a videophone using a tablet terminal.

Sakie and her 40-year-old friend Makiko Saito said, “Sakie had been unable to go to the hospital to prevent infections, but had been back after the emergency declaration was lifted. Mr. Shigeru said that he was gradually thin and lost his power. I am really sad that he died. I wish Shigeru could be told to see a ray of light behind the tunnel." I was talking.