Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, meets the press during her visit to a photo exhibition featuring Megumi in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2024. Megumi has become a symbol of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.