TommyT Report This Comment Date: December 15, 2005 01:57PM
That day...11-15-1977' morning.
From manga "Megumi".
Words are all my translate, but poor...
Sorry.
The latest issue of "Manga Action" has "Megumi" as its cover
feature, detailing how she was abducted as a 13-year-old from Japan's remote
northwest coast.
"Abduction could have happened to any of us," said Katsushi Minoura,
chief editor at Futabasha Publishers Ltd. "We're hoping that readers try to
imagine what it was like."
Japanese comics do not shy away from controversy. Aside from action heroes,
sexual themes and crime, the elaborately drawn works tackle heavy issues such as
finance, scandals and history.
The story told in "Megumi" starts on Nov. 15, 1977 -- the date on
which she vanished on her way home from school after attending badminton
practice.
Narrated by her mother, the story details the girl's last day in Japan, while a
hazily drawn half-page panel shows Yokota's turned back as she walks to school.
"I saw her," the mother's voice says as Yokota walks away. "That
was the last time."
The 46-page section -- the first in a planned nine-part series -- also depicts
the anguish of Yokota's parents, who found out 20 years after their daughter's
disappearance that she could still be alive in North Korea.
In the section's most disturbing scene, based on an account from a North Korean
spy who defected to the South, Yokota is shown in the hold of her abductors'
boat. She screams for her mother and claws so desperately at the wooden walls of
the enclosure that her fingernails tear and bleed.
This is the magazine's second series focusing on the abductions;
"Recapturing" is based on a book written by Toru Hasuike, brother of
abductee Kaoru Hasuike, one of the five victims who returned home in 2002.
That series, now published in two-part book form, describes the family's battle
against "lawless North Korea and incompetent Japan" in trying to win
back their loved ones. The surprise return of Hasuike's children during the
series gave it a happy ending.
"I hope the same happens to the Megumi series," Minoura said.
"Wouldn't it be wonderful if Megumi-san returns before the series ends, and
points out our mistakes?"
[Extracted from The Japan "Times: Dec. 24, 2004"]
shaDEz Report This Comment Date: December 16, 2005 11:16AM
Tale of Yokota's abduction by North now recounted in comic-book form
The Associated Press
Megumi Yokota's status as an abduction victim means that her photos have been
staple fare for Japanese newspapers, magazines and television stations for some
time.
This week, Yokota, who was kidnapped by North Korean agents in 1977, appears in
an unusual format: a comic book.
The latest issue of "Manga Action" has "Megumi" as its cover
feature, detailing how she was abducted as a 13-year-old from Japan's remote
northwest coast.
"Abduction could have happened to any of us," said Katsushi Minoura,
chief editor at Futabasha Publishers Ltd. "We're hoping that readers try to
imagine what it was like."
Japanese comics do not shy away from controversy. Aside from action heroes,
sexual themes and crime, the elaborately drawn works tackle heavy issues such as
finance, scandals and history.
The story of Megumi Yokota, however, is particularly sensitive territory.
Yokota is one of 13 Japanese nationals whom North Korea has admitted kidnapping
in the 1970s and '80s for the purpose of training spies. Five have since been
repatriated, but Pyongyang claims the eight others -- Yokota among them -- died
in the reclusive state.
North Korea has failed to substantiate these claims, and many Japanese suspect
some of them may still be alive. And while Japan has urged North Korea to
investigate the cases, little progress has been made.
Yokota has long been a symbol of the kidnappings: Her parents have spearheaded a
campaign to prize information from North Korea, while her photos -- showing a
full-faced and innocent teenager -- have been a rallying point for anger and
indignation about the crimes.
That indignation peaked earlier this month when DNA tests showed that human
remains said by North Korea to be those of Yokota were actually those of two
unidentified people.
The story told in "Megumi" starts on Nov. 15, 1977 -- the date on
which she vanished on her way home from school after attending badminton
practice.
Narrated by her mother, the story details the girl's last day in Japan, while a
hazily drawn half-page panel shows Yokota's turned back as she walks to school.
"I saw her," the mother's voice says as Yokota walks away. "That
was the last time."
The 46-page section -- the first in a planned nine-part series -- also depicts
the anguish of Yokota's parents, who found out 20 years after their daughter's
disappearance that she could still be alive in North Korea.
In the section's most disturbing scene, based on an account from a North Korean
spy who defected to the South, Yokota is shown in the hold of her abductors'
boat. She screams for her mother and claws so desperately at the wooden walls of
the enclosure that her fingernails tear and bleed.
This is the magazine's second series focusing on the abductions;
"Recapturing" is based on a book written by Toru Hasuike, brother of
abductee Kaoru Hasuike, one of the five victims who returned home in 2002.
That series, now published in two-part book form, describes the family's battle
against "lawless North Korea and incompetent Japan" in trying to win
back their loved ones. The surprise return of Hasuike's children during the
series gave it a happy ending.
"I hope the same happens to the Megumi series," Minoura said.
"Wouldn't it be wonderful if Megumi-san returns before the series ends, and
points out our mistakes?"
TommyT Report This Comment Date: December 17, 2005 12:04AM
Thank you shaDEz!
TommyT Report This Comment Date: January 07, 2006 11:21AM
=Information - From foday's news=
[Soga ID's Yokota's abductor as Sin]
An internationally wanted North Korean agent abducted Megumi Yokota,
repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga has testified, sources said
Thursday.
Sin Guang Su, 76, is wanted for the abduction of a 43-year-old Japanese man in
1980 and is also suspected of involvement in the abductions of other abductees
who have since been repatriated, including Yasushi Chimura and his wife, Fukie,
both 50.
Japanese police are pursuing investigations into abduction cases linked to
Sin.
Yokota is believed to have been kidnapped in November 1977 at age 13 in the city
of Niigata on her way home from school.
It has already been known that she and Soga lived for a while together in a
facility in Pyongyang where Sin served as their teacher.
According to the sources, Soga was told by Sin himself that he was one of
Yokota's abductors.
The Japan Times: Jan. 6, 2006 ( [
www.japantimes.co.jp] )
More about this news
[
www.yomiuri.co.jp] (The Daily Yomiuri, Japan)
[
mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp] (Mainichi Daily News)
TommyT Report This Comment Date: January 07, 2006 11:39AM
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Anonymous@175251 posted on January 1, 2006, 4:25 am
nigger
Anonymous@175251 posted on January 1, 2006, 4:25 am
nigger
Anonymous@175251 posted on January 1, 2006, 4:26 am
im just joking that was my brother
Anonymous@175251 posted on January 1, 2006, 4:26 am
im just joking about that .. skrew what i said
im just kidding it was my cat
TommyT posted on January 7, 2006, 11:31 am
And Anon@175251
Don't you know "Shame"?!
I'll never forgive you.
SAY AGAIN.
PLEASE READ AND THINK SERIOUSLY. I HOPE "ALL" YOU.
AnonJPN Report This Comment Date: January 08, 2006 06:19AM
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I hope to everybody Tommy's hope too.
