What is Yokota family?
The '''Shigeru Yokota''' (November 14, 1932 – June 5, 2020) and wife '''Sakie Yokota''' (born February 4, 1936) were Japanese human rights activists and writers. They founded the [[Japan]]ese [[National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea]] in 1997. It supports the victims of [[North Korean abductions of Japanese|abductions]] of Japanese citizens by North Koreans in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Yokotas' daughter [[Megumi Yokota|Megumi]] was kidnapped in 1977 by North Korean spies. She is currently missing. Sakie Yokota once met with President [[George W. Bush]] to talk about sanctions on [[North Korea]] and in 2013 she testified about her daughter's [[kidnapping|abduction]]. On June 5, 2020, Shigeru Yokota died at age 87.<ref>[https://japantoday.com/category/national/update2-shigeru-yokota-father-of-symbolic-n.-korea-abduction-victim-dies Shigeru Yokota, father of N Korea abductee, dies at 87]</ref> It was reported that U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] sent a letter expressing his condolences to Sakie over the death of her husband.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 1, 2020|title=U.S. President Trump expresses condolences over death of abductee's father|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/01/national/u-s-president-trump-expresses-condolences-death-abductees-father/|publisher=The Japan Times|access-date=October 11, 2021|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109144218/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/01/national/u-s-president-trump-expresses-condolences-death-abductees-father/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Duos]] [[Category:1932 births|Yokota, Shigeru]] [[Category:2020 deaths|Yokota, Shigeru]] [[Category:1936 births|Yokota, Sakie]] [[Category:Living people|Yokota, Sakie]] [[Category:Japanese writers]] [[Category:Human rights activists]] {{bio-stub}}