米大統領、横田さんに弔意　書簡で「不屈の決意に感動」

　北朝鮮に拉致された横田めぐみさん＝拉致当時（１３）＝の父滋さんが、６月５日に８７歳で死去したことを受け、トランプ米大統領から妻早紀江さん（８４）に弔意を示す書簡が届いたことが１日、分かった。支援団体「救う会」が明らかにした。
　書簡は「悲しみに暮れている」と哀悼の意を伝え、「あなた方の不屈の決意に感動した。早紀江さんと滋さんのたゆまない活動によって、北朝鮮による拉致問題は日本と米国にとって優先課題であり続けている」とたたえた。（2020/07/01-16:25）

U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a letter expressing his condolences to Sakie Yokota, the mother of North Korea abductee Megumi, over the death of her husband, Shigeru, it was learned Wednesday.
   The letter to Sakie, 84, was made public by the National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea, a support group for the kin of abduction victims.
   Shigeru died on June 5 at the age of 87.
   "I was moved by your unflinching determination," Trump wrote regarding the couple's efforts to reunite with their daughter, who was 13 at the time of the abduction in 1977.
   "Thanks to the tireless advocacy of you and your husband, the North Korea abduction issue remains a primary focus for Japan and the United States," he added. "We join you...in continuing this important work to finally bring Megumi home."