''North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter'' is a book by

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ese activist and NARKN founder

Sakie Yokota The Yokota family, husband Shigeru (November 14, 1932 – June 5, 2020) and wife Sakie (born February 4, 1936) along with their twin sons Takuya and Tetsuya founded the Japanese National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North ...

. The book is about her daughter,

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, who was kidnapped in 1977 at the age of 13, in an incident related to a series of

North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens Abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the North Korean government took place during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983. Although only 17 Japanese (eight men and nine women) are officially recognized by the Japanese governm ...

from 1977 to 1983. Her family discovered the truth 20 years after the kidnapping. Saike put faith in North Korea for her daughter's fate. The book was translated by

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. In 2012, she and her husband Shingru wrote another book, ''Megumi e no Yuigon''.

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North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter
2009 non-fiction books Books about North Korea Human rights abuses in North Korea Japanese autobiographies North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens Vertical (publisher) titles {{bio-book-stub