TOKYO - Shigeru Yokota, a central figure in efforts to bring back Japanese nationals who were abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, among them his daughter Megumi, died Friday, his family said. He was 87.Always mild-mannered despite the heartbreaking situation he was thrown into, Yokota worked for more than two decades with family members of other abduction victims in pressing the government to rescue their children and siblings, whom they believe are still alive in the North.Megumi was 13 when she disappeared on her way home from school in 1977. At the time, the family were livi…READ FULL ARTICLE
