Details of the 8 Abduction Cases

Document submitted to the U.N. on November 7, 2002 by the National Association for the Rescue of Kidnapped Japanese by North Korea and the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea.

1, Megumi YOKOTA

(a) Full name of the missing person (including any available data relevant to the missing person's identification, such as national identity document number, photograph, etc.);
Ms. Megumi YOKOTA (Date of birth: October 15, 1964)

(b) Year, month, day of the disappearance;
November 15, 1977

(c)Place of arrest or abduction or where the missing person was last seen;
Eishodori, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

(d) Indication of the persons believed to have carried out the arrest or abduction;
North Korean secret agents.

The Japanese Government confirmed this case as a kidnapping by North Korean agents in the reply to the question posed by Mr. Yoshio Yoshikawa, a Liberal Democratic Diet member, in the Audit Committee of the House of Councilors on May 1, 1997.

Although the North Korean Government had continued to deny its involvement for years, Mr. Kim Jong Il, the country's leader, confessed to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that North Korean agents had kidnapped her at the Pyongyang summit on September 17, 2002. She was stated to be dead in the report that was submitted by the North Korean delegation to the Japanese counterpart at the summit. However, this report has too many inconsistencies to believe. We reason that the North Korean Government cannot make public that she is alive because it would have unknown grave consequences to the regime.

(e)Indication of the action taken by the relatives or others to locate the missing person (inquiries with authorities, habeas corpus petitions, etc.);
November 15, 1977 Niigata Prefectural Police
February 1997 Japanese Red Cross Society
April 1997 Amnesty International Japan
November 12, 1998 Japan Federation of Bar Associations

(f) Identity of the person or organization submitting the report (name and address, which will be kept confidential upon request).
(Omitted)

2, Rumiko Masumoto

(a) Full name of the missing person (including any available data relevant to the missing person's identification, such as national identity document number, photograph, etc.);
Rumiko (Date of birth: November 1, 1954)

(b) Year, month, day of the disappearance;
August 12, 1978 (Together with Mr. Shuichi Ichikawa)

(c)Place of arrest or abduction or where the missing person was last seen;
Fukiage Coast, Fukiage Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

(d) Indication of the persons believed to have carried out the arrest or abduction;
North Korean secret agents.

The Japanese government confirmed this case as a kidnapping by North Korean agents in the reply to the question posed by Mr. Atsushi Hashimoto, a Communist Diet member, in the Audit Committee of the House of Councilors on March 26, 1988.

Although the North Korean Government had continued to deny its involvement for years, Mr. Kim Jong Il, the country's leader, confessed to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that North Korean agents had kidnapped her at the Pyongyang summit on September 17, 2002. She was stated to be dead in the report that was submitted by the North Korean delegation to the Japanese counterpart at the summit. However, this report has too many inconsistencies to believe. We reason that the North Korean Government cannot make public that she is alive because it would have unknown grave consequences to the regime.

(e) Indication of the action taken by the relatives or others to locate the missing person (inquiries with authorities, habeas corpus petitions, etc.);
October 1978 Kagoshima Prefectural Police
November 12, 1998 Japan Federation of Bar Associations

3, Shuichi ICHIKAWA

(a) Full name of the missing person (including any available data relevant to the missing person's identification, such as national identity document number, photograph, etc.);
Shuichi ICHIKAWA (Date of birth: October 20, 1954)

(b) Year, month, day of the disappearance;
August 12, 1978 (Together with Ms. Rumiko )

(c) Place of arrest or abduction or where the missing person was last seen;
Fukiage Coast, Fukiage Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

(d) Indication of the persons believed to have carried out the arrest or abduction;
North Korean secret agents.

The Japanese government confirmed this case as a kidnapping by North Korean agents in the reply to the question posed by Mr. Atsushi Hashimoto, a Communist Diet member, in the Audit Committee of the House of Councilors on March 26, 1988.

Although the North Korean Government had continued to deny its involvement for years, Mr. Kim Jong Il, the country's leader, confessed to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that North Korean agents had kidnapped him at the Pyongyang summit on September 17, 2002. He was stated to be dead in the report that was submitted by the North Korean delegation to the Japanese counterpart at the summit. However, this report has too many inconsistencies to believe. We reason that the North Korean Government cannot make public that he is alive because it would have unknown grave consequences to the regime.

(e) Indication of the action taken by the relatives or others to locate the missing person (inquiries with authorities, habeas corpus petitions, etc.);
August 1978 Kagoshima Prefectural Police
November 12, 1998 Japan Federation of Bar Associations

4, Tadaaki HARA

(a) Full name of the missing person (including any available data relevant to the missing person's identification, such as national identity document number, photograph, etc.);
Tadaaki HARA (Date of birth: August 10, 1936)

(b) Year, month, day of the disappearance;
June 1980

(c) Place of arrest or abduction or where the missing person was last seen;
Aoshima Coast, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

(d) Indication of the persons believed to have carried out the arrest or
abduction;
North Korean secret agents.

One of them has been identified as Mr. Sin Gwang Su, who was engaged in espionage activities disguising himself as Mr. Hara in Japan, South Korea and other countries. But he was arrested in Seoul in April 1985, and confessed his involvement in the kidnapping of Mr. Hara.

Although the North Korean Government had continued to deny its involvement for years, Mr. Kim Jong Il, the country's leader, confessed to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that North Korean agents had kidnapped him at the Pyongyang summit on September 17, 2002. He was stated to be dead in the report that was submitted by the North Korean delegation to the Japanese counterpart at the summit. However, this report has too many inconsistencies to believe. We reason that the North Korean Government cannot make public that he is alive because it would have unknown grave consequences to the regime.

(e) Indication of the action taken by the relatives or others to locate the missing person (inquiries with authorities, habeas corpus petitions, etc.);
November 12, 1998 Japan Federation of Bar Associations

5, Toru ISHIOKA

(a) Full name of the missing person (including any available data relevant to the missing person's identification, such as national identity document number, photograph, etc.);
Toru ISHIOKA (Date of birth: June 29, 1957)

(b) Year, month, day of the disappearance;
May 1980

(c) Place of arrest or abduction or where the missing person was last seen;
Madrid, Spain

(d) Indication of the persons believed to have carried out the arrest or abduction;
North Korean secret agents, and Japanese Red Army-related persons under North Korean guidance.

Mr. Ishioka, a Sapporo native, disappeared while traveling in Europe in 1980. A letter from Poland suddenly reached his family on September 6, 1988. In the letter with "Ishioka from Pyongyang" on the back of the envelope, the name of Mr. Kaoru Matsuki and the address of Ms. Arimoto were also mentioned.

Although the North Korean Government had continued to deny its involvement for years, Mr. Kim Jong Il, the country's leader, confessed to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that North Korean agents had kidnapped him at the Pyongyang summit on September 17, 2002. He was stated to be dead in the report that was submitted by the North Korean delegation to the Japanese counterpart at the summit. However, this report has too many inconsistencies to believe. We reason that the North Korean Government cannot make public that he is alive because it would have unknown grave consequences to the regime.

(e) Indication of the action taken by the relatives or others to locate the missing person (inquiries with authorities, habeas corpus petitions, etc.);
January 1991 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

6, Kaoru MATSUKI

(a) Full name of the missing person (including any available data relevant to the missing person's identification, such as national identity document number, photograph, etc.);
Kaoru MATSUKI (Date of birth: June 23, 1953)

(b) Year, month, day of the disappearance;
May 1980

(c) Place of arrest or abduction or where the missing person was last seen;
Madrid, Spain

(d) Indication of the persons believed to have carried out the arrest or abduction;
North Korean secret agents, and Japanese Red Army-related persons under North Korean guidance.

Mr. Matsuki, a Kumamoto native, disappeared while traveling in Europe in 1980. A letter from Poland suddenly reached Mr. Ishioka's family on September 6, 1988. In the letter with "Ishioka from Pyongyang" on the back of the envelope, the name of Mr. Kaoru Matsuki and the address of Ms. Arimoto were also mentioned.

Although the North Korean Government had continued to deny its involvement for years, Mr. Kim Jong Il, the country's leader, confessed to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that North Korean agents had kidnapped him at the Pyongyang summit on September 17, 2002. He was stated to be dead in the report that was submitted by the North Korean delegation to the Japanese counterpart at the summit. However, this report has too many inconsistencies to believe. We reason that the North Korean Government cannot make public that he is alive because it would have unknown grave consequences to the regime.

(e) Indication of the action taken by the relatives or others to locate the missing person (inquiries with authorities, habeas corpus petitions, etc.);
January 1991 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

7, Keiko ARIMOTO

(a) Full name of the missing person (including any available data relevant to the missing person's identification, such as national identity document number, photograph, etc.);
Keiko ARIMOTO (Date of birth: January 12, 1960)

(b) Year, month, day of the disappearance;
June 1983

(c) Place of arrest or abduction or where the missing person was last seen;
London, United Kingdom

(d) Indication of the persons believed to have carried out the arrest or abduction;
North Korean secret agents, and Japanese Red Army-related persons under North Korean guidance.

Ms. Keiko Arimoto, a Kobe native, disappeared while studying English in London in 1983. A letter from Poland suddenly reached Mr. Ishioka's family on September 6, 1988. In the letter with "Ishioka from Pyongyang" on the back of the envelope, the name of Mr. Kaoru Matsuki and the address of Ms. Arimoto were also mentioned.

Although the North Korean Government had continued to deny its involvement for years, Mr. Kim Jong Il, the country's leader, confessed to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that North Korean agents had kidnapped her at the Pyongyang summit on September 17, 2002. She was stated to be dead in the report that was submitted by the North Korean delegation to the Japanese counterpart at the summit. However, this report has too many inconsistencies to believe. We reason that the North Korean Government cannot make public that she is alive because it would have unknown grave consequences to the regime.

(e) Indication of the action taken by the relatives or others to locate the missing person (inquiries with authorities, habeas corpus petitions, etc.);
October 1988 Hyogo Prefectural Police
January 1991 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
November 12, 1998 Japan Federation of Bar Associations

8, Yaeko TAGUCHI

(a) Full name of the missing person (including any available data relevant to the missing person's identification, such as national identity document number, photograph, etc.);
Yaeko TAGUCHI (Date of birth: August 10, 1955)

(b) Year, month, day of the disappearance;
June 1978

(c) Place of arrest or abduction or where the missing person was last seen;
Tokyo, Japan

(d) Indication of the persons believed to have carried out the arrest or abduction;
North Korean secret agents.

Ms. Kim Hyong Hee, a North Korean terrorist, who bombed a South Korean flight disguising herself as a Japanese in November 1987, but defected and confessed that she had been taught things Japanese by Ms. Taguchi in North Korea.

Although the North Korean Government had continued to deny its involvement for years, Mr. Kim Jong Il, the country's leader, confessed to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that North Korean agents had kidnapped her at the Pyongyang summit on September 17, 2002. She was stated to be dead in the report that was submitted by the North Korean delegation to the Japanese counterpart at the summit. However, this report has too many inconsistencies to believe. We reason that the North Korean Government cannot make public that she is alive because it would have unknown grave consequences to the regime.

(e) Indication of the action taken by the relatives or others to locate the missing person (inquiries with authorities, habeas corpus petitions, etc.);
July 1978 Saitama Prefectural Police