「歩調合わせられよかった」　日米首脳会談で拉致被害者家族

　日米首脳会談を受け、北朝鮮による拉致被害者家族連絡会（家族会）代表で、横田めぐみさん＝拉致当時（１３）＝の弟拓也さん（５６）は８日、「拉致問題解決の必要性を表明し、米国の支持を得られたこと、北朝鮮による人権侵害に対して日米が歩調を合わせられたことはよかった」とするコメントを出した。
　その上で「家族会の親世代が健在なうちに日本の地で再会できることが重要」と強調した。（2025/02/08-11:42）

Takuya Yokota, who heads a group of families of Japanese abductees to North Korea, on Saturday expressed relief over the outcome of the Japan-U.S. summit held the previous day.
   Yokota, 56, a brother of Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 when she was still 13, commented on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, which took place in Washington.
   "It was good that (Japan) stated the necessity of resolving the issue and was able to gain support from the United States, and that the two countries were able to fall into step (with each other) on the human rights violation by North Korea," he said.
   "It is important for the families to be reunited (with the victims) in Japan while the parents' generation is still alive," he added.
   Sakie, the 89-year-old mother of Takuya and Megumi, also said, "I'm not sure how much the United States talked about the topic, but I hope it did."