被害者家族「時間ない」　高齢化懸念、拉致解決へ集会―東京

　北朝鮮による拉致被害者全員の即時帰国を求める「国民大集会」（家族会など主催）が２７日、東京都内で開かれた。横田めぐみさん＝拉致当時（１３）＝の弟で家族会代表の拓也さん（５４）は、問題の長期化で被害者の親世代が相次いで亡くなっていると指摘し、「残された時間がない」と早期救出を訴えた。
　めぐみさんの母早紀江さん（８７）は約２カ月前に体調を崩して一時入院し、治療を受けていると明かし、「必ず全員を親の元に取り戻したい」と述べた。出席した岸田文雄首相に対しては、閉幕した先進７カ国首脳会議（Ｇ７広島サミット）を引き合いに「広島のように金正恩氏と対面で目を見て話してほしい」と要望した。（2023/05/27-18:31）

Takuya Yokota called for the early return of his older sister, Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea decades ago at the age 13, and other Japanese abductees at a rally in Tokyo on Saturday.
   Takuya, 54, who heads a group of Japanese abductee families, told the rally that parents of abduction victims have passed away one after another while the issue remains unresolved for a prolonged period of time. "There is no time left," he stressed.
   Megumi's mother, Sakie, 87, is receiving treatment after being hospitalized temporarily some two months ago due to poor health, according to Takuya. "We definitely want to bring all (of the abductees) back to their parents," he said.
   Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who attended the rally, was asked by Takuya to "look in the eyes of (North Korean leader) Kim Jong Un and talk (with him) in person" as he did with other leaders of the Group of Seven major powers at the summit held in the western Japan city of Hiroshima earlier this month.
   Noting that no Japanese abductee has returned home since 2002, Kishida said, "The time-pressured abduction issue cannot be treated lightly even for a moment."