Families demand N. Korea return all Japanese abductees

Takuya Yokota, 56, a younger brother of Megumi and head of a group of families of abductees, gave a speech calling for a Japan-North Korea summit.

“We really have no time left. We want the Japanese government to take action so that we can reunite with our family members and siblings who were abducted,” he said.

Ishiba emphasised the significance of appealing to the international community to solve the problem.

“We will, by all means, make a breakthrough. We will make further approaches through various channels,” he said, expressing his eagerness to meet directly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.