A memorial gathering for people who died in the field 60 years from the return business Niigata Port December 14th 12:15
The Niigata Port where the first flight departed on the 14th, the 60th anniversary of the “return project” that South Koreans in Japan and their Japanese wives went to North Korea, died without returning to Japan. A memorial gathering of people was held.
In the “Return Project” that began on the 14th of 1959, 1960, 60 years ago, approximately 93,000 people went from Niigata Port to North Korea, which was advertised as a “ground paradise” in 25 years.
It is said that there was poverty and discrimination in Japan as a background, but there are many Japanese wives who faced severe lifestyles locally and could not return to Japan.
Under these circumstances, Niigata Port moved to North Korea on a return project on the 14th, and about 40 people, including those who left North Korea and their relatives, gathered and held a memorial gathering for those who died locally.
At the rally, silence was offered to the deceased family and friends, and the attendees handed the flowers.
And Eiko Kawasaki, the representative of the organizer, reads the declaration and says, `` Those who have become a discrete family will not be able to see the death of their parents, '' so that they will be able to reunite those who have become separated from the business I appealed.
Hiroko Saito, who had traveled to North Korea as a Japanese wife and had six children, said, “I remembered four children who were lost in the country. I want to do something. "