Koichiro Iizuka, who was raised as a real child, held a press conference about the death of Shigeo Iizuka, who had long served as the representative of the family association of the victims of abduction by North Korea. It is unacceptable to have more families without more, "he urged the government to take concrete steps to return home as soon as possible for all victims.
At the press conference held in Tokyo, Yaeko Taguchi's eldest son, Koichiro Iizuka, who was raised as a real child by Mr. Iizuka after his mother was abducted, and Takuya Yokota, who took over the representative from Mr. Iizuka, attended. Did.
In this, Koichiro Iizuka said, "I'm just grateful that I was raised without any inconvenience like other siblings. That's why I'm sorry that I couldn't meet Yaeko, and it's a regret for my life. My father would have been disappointed that he couldn't meet me and Yaeko-san. "
And since last year, he mentioned that Keiko Arimoto's mother Kayoko, Megumi Yokota's father Shigeo, and Shigeo Iizuka died one after another. It is unacceptable for more families to be unable to meet the victims, "he said, urging all victims to take concrete steps to return home as soon as possible.
In addition, Takuya Yokota said, "We must not be able to fight at the forefront for decades and not be able to meet our family and family. I would like to ask the government how many times we should shed sad tears, regrettable tears, and heavy tears. This problem is a problem that politics should solve, "he said, and asked the government to hold a Japan-North Korea summit meeting to solve the problem.