They were ordinary people abducted from Japan by North Korea. One was Yaeko Taguchi, a young mother raising two children in Tokyo. She disappeared without a trace in 1978. The case came as a shock to Koichiro Iizuka, who learned of his mother's identity as a young adult. Yaeko's disappearance...

They were ordinary people abducted from Japan by North Korea. Like 13-year-old Megumi Yokota in episode 1. And the college student Kaoru Hasuike, who tells the story of his kidnapping in episode 2. Journalist Masami Abe was one of the first to look into the mysterious disappearances of young...

They were ordinary people abducted from Japan by North Korea. Like Kaoru Hasuike, a young student who was kidnapped while on an evening walk by the sea. Kaoru spent 24 years in North Korea. He was one of the lucky few who were allowed to return to Japan in 2002. To this day he feels...