Next month will mark three years since the death of Shigeru Yokota, the father of Megumi Yokota. His wife, Sakie, held a press conference on the 1th, mentioning that she had been hospitalized for the first time after falling ill.
Sakie strongly urged the government to make efforts so that she can be reunited with her daughter while she is still alive. She also called for the early realization of a Japan-North Korea summit meeting, saying, "Unless Japan and North Korea negotiate, unless they look each other in the eye and talk, we will not know their true hearts"