North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter

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The mystery of a girl who disappeared more than 30 years ago becomes an international conspiracy as Japan confronts the systematic and insidious attacks by North Korea. Many Japanese were abducted and forced to train as spies by North Korea. This is a memoir by one abductee's mother's search for the truth. Her initial confusion and disbelief, moments of false hope, confrontation with the Japanese governement and her quest for truth over her daughter's life are documented in this heartbreaking memoir.

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The Yokotas' story has everything: intrigue, suspense, international scandal, betrayal, hope, despair, faith, endurance, redemption. Most of all, it has the stirring example of a mother's love that unexpectedly brought her to faith and a role on the world stage. Philip Yancey


"...a family journal; a journey of continuing hope and faith. the reading of this modest book is a moving, albeit painfulprivilege pittingsimple folk against impenetrable governments on an international stage wherepersonal loss ultimately reveals an enormous cost to our humanity.shigeru's photos and sakie yokota's tender unfolding of the events surrounding the kidnapping of their daughter megumi are a testimony to the strength and tenacity of the caring heart." - Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary

"The abduction issue may be Japanese-centric but it must be understood in the broader context of an assault on the dignity of the family, everyone's family." James A. Leach, Former House of Representative Member and chairman of the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

"North Korea Kidnapped my Daughter" by Mrs. Sakie Yokota is a deeply moving personal account that reminds us all of the very real human costs of the unresolved historical legacies in East Asia." L. Gordon Flake, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
This profoundly touching testimony of a mothers love for her daughter, and her unwillingness to give up the search to find her, should be read by anyone wanting to learn the depths of horror and depravity to which the government of North Korea will sink in its quest to perpetuate its horrific dictatorship. The case of Megumi Yokota cries out for attention. Thor Halvorssen, President, Human Rights Foundation

Mrs. Sakie Yokotas book of her daughter and their familys struggle provides intimate descriptions in this extraordinary nightmare of parenthood: an agonizing state of knowing that their child had greatly suffered, while unsure and searching for information of their daughters whereabouts and condition. Mrs. Yokotas strength of character is incredible throughout the book; in her, determination and faith are more powerful than anger. Robin H. Sakoda, Armitage International, L.C.

A heart-rending story of a mothers love and devotion in confrontation with one of the worlds last totalitarian regime." Rev. Robert A. Sirico, President, Acton Institute

This is a heartbreaking story of the loss of a Japanese child abducted by North Korea as told through the voice of her mother. In painstaking detail the mother mines the tiniest memory of her child, her dress, her laugh, her off-hand comments, and of course events of the last time she saw her.It is then the story of the mothers evolution from a grieving housewife to a pioneer in pulling together Japanese families with similar stories and gradually, within the context of cultural limitations, beginning to exhort the Japanese government to face the North Koreans and bring their daughter and the others home." Jane Cicala, Former Boeing Executive, Organizer of Diplomatic Circle in Washington D.C.

North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter by Sakie Yokota is an important contribution. Her search drives home the importance of the universal bonds of a relationship of family, that special relationship between a mother and daughter, and how a country such as North Korea must correct its past mistakes if it plans to move forward and normalize relations with other countries throughout the world. Dr. Gerard Janco, President, Eurasia Center/Eurasian Business Coalition

I welcome this book. I hope it will lead Americans to understand the abductees issue and get together to move forward to return all of the victims. Jung min Noh, Radio Free Asia

My meeting with Sakie Yokota remains one of the most moving experiences of my Presidency.George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States

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Sakie Yokota was a simple housewife, happily married with a 13-year-old daughter and twin 7-year old sons, when her daughter Megumi mysteriously disappeared in November 1977. Through tireless efforts and relentless faith, she fought to find answers to her daughter's fate, eventually coming up against an international espionage conspiracy involving North Korea under the leadership of Kim Jongil. In 1997, her husband Shigeru was designated chairman of the newly founded Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea. The Association supports the victims of North Korea's abductions of Japanese citizens in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In August 2006, Sakie met with President Bush to further talks about demanding sanctions on North Korea. Today, Sakie still does not know whether Megumi is alive or not.