Digital displays calling for a swift return of a Japanese national abducted to North Korea are being shown at major train stations in Tokyo and elsewhere.
Yokota Megumi was abducted while on her way home from junior high school in Niigata City in 1977.
The displays, that began showing on Monday, are a brainchild of a group of citizens who live in the same condominium as Megumi’s mother, Yokota Sakie. The spots will be screened till September 1.
Digital signage on display at East Japan Railway’s Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Tokyo stations in Tokyo, as well as Yokohama station, near Tokyo, are showcasing photos of Megumi with her family, among others.
The 15-second content is run every six minutes on screens installed in pillars at the stations.
One photo shows a smiling Megumi posing with her two younger brothers as well as her father, Shigeru, who died four years ago, before he could be reunited with his daughter.
The photo was taken when the family traveled to Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.
A photo depicting Sakie seeking to bring her daughter back home is accompanied with the words, “Please let me be reunited with Megumi while I am still alive.”
This November will mark 47 years since Yokota Megumi was abducted.
Sakie, who is 88 years old, commented that she wants to see her daughter returned, confirm her safety while she is still alive, or at least get just one glimpse of her.
She stressed that she wants people to realize this is a real issue, and that abductions are not a thing of the past.