US special envoy for human rights issues in North Korea inspects the abduction site of Megumi Yokota. Megumi is believed to have been abducted by North Korea on her way home from the school she was attending at the time after club activities.
U.S. State Department appealed to the international community about North Korea's human rights violations in order to resolve the abduction issue. At the same time, he expressed his intention to continue supporting Japan.. Julie Turner visited Niigata City on the afternoon of the 13th and visited the site and surrounding area where Megumi was abducted on November 15, 1977.