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Just a few days before
its New York premiere, Abduction: The Megumi Yokota
Story, an award-winning US Documentary film was shown
on January 8th at the Dag Hammarskjold Library
auditorium in the United Nations headquarters. The
film tells the story of Megumi Yokota who was abducted
in 1977 by North Korea when she was 13 years old.
The
auditorium was packed with 150 people, including Henry
Kissinger, former Secretary of State under President
Gerald Ford, representatives from U.N. member
countries, U.N. dignitaries, staff members, and
various media representatives. Kenzo Oshima, Japanese
Ambassador to the U.N., Motoatsu Sakurai, Consul
General of Japan in New York and Safari Media
co-hosted the event.
After the screening, the directors and producers of
the film,  Chris Sheridan
and his wife, Patty Kim, answered questions from the
audience. During the session, Sheridan and Kim spoke
about their feelings, thoughts, and reflections about
the film and abduction issues.
This film will be shown at Cinema Village starting on
Friday, January 12th.
(URL:
http://www.cinemavillage.com/)
For further information about abduction issues, please
see the Ministry of Foreign Affair’s website （URL: http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/n_korea/abduction.pdf)  
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