Japanese Hostages Held in North Korea: Abducted by North Korea at 13-Years-Old - McCain Institute

Japanese Hostages Held in North Korea: Abducted by North Korea at 13-Years-Old - McCain Institute

This blog is part of a summer blog series written by the McCain Institute’s Summer Junior Fellows. Stella Streeter is a junior fellow for the John McCain Freedom for Political Prisoners Initiative. Megumi Yokota (middle) before she was abducted by the North Korean regime at 13 years old (Source: Government of Japan in The Washington Post)   From 1977 to 1983, North Korean agents abducted 17 Japanese individuals, from mainland Japan and abroad. A…