The families and supporters of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago reaffirmed Sunday their opposition to ...

Akihiro Arimoto, father of Keiko, one of the 17 people captured by North Korean agents between 1977 and 1983 according to the ...

Akihiro Arimoto, the father of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korea in 1983 who strenuously fought for her return and ...

Akihiro Arimoto's relentless efforts on behalf of his daughter helped keep the North Korean abduction issue in the spotlight ...

Japan’s Supreme Court rendered judgment in January on a suit that was initially brought by 27 Korean plaintiffs in 2013. The ...

The biggest Japanese title returning in 2025 on Netflix is the third season of Alice in Borderland. The sci-fi thriller, ...

Efforts over the years initially spearhead by his late father, Shigeru Yokota, to force the issue bore little fruit until Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made a landmark visit to North Korea in ...

The show marks the reality hosting debut of Japanese entertainment veteran Kyoko Koizumi alongside comedy ... Boyfriend” for a second season, while Korea’s “Single’s Inferno” has claimed ...

In the face of growing pressure from Japan, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il announced during a landmark summit with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in September 2002 that five Japanese abductees ...