Shigeru Yokota died Kaoru Hasuike “Toward a Returning Home Even One Step” June 6 12:21
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Following the death of Megumi Yokota's father, who was abducted by North Korea, Shigeru Yokota, who was abducted victim and returned to Japan 18 years ago, Kaoru Hasuike responded to NHK on the 6th. In order to do this, we must move toward the return of the victim as much as possible."
Shigeru Yokota was the father of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in Niigata City when she was in the first grade of junior high school in 1977, and has been pleading for her daughter's rescue. died.
Mr. Hasuike, who was abducted by North Korea and returned to Japan 18 years ago, said, "I have a very strong affection for Megumi, who has been at the forefront of rescue efforts and fought until I burned out. I can't meet again and my chest hurts."
In addition, Mr. Hasuike looked back at the time when he told Shigeru how he was living in the same district in Mt. Pyongyang, "When you talked to Mr. Shigeru, "Well? "I loved the fact that I was able to give over 1,400 talks, which was a very important factor," he said.
"I am dissatisfied with the government as to whether or not they were thinking about bold measures to overcome this situation. After Shigeru's death, the number of parents left was reduced, and a strategy for the realization of returning to Japan was quickly implemented. "I want you to turn the vector," and "even if the generations involved in the rescue operation change, if public opinion about the rescue of the victims continues to rise, I think it will affect North Korea's policy." For this reason, we must take it one step closer to solving the problem."