Abducted: Four Stories, Four Lives

About Abducted: Four Stories, Four Lives

JAPAN Forward presents "Abducted," a new podcast series that investigates the abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korea. Hosted by journalists Arielle Busetto and Agnes Tandler, these talks give listeners an insight into the lives of four different people who were forever changed by a series of terrible crimes. They are lives that are later all linked together in unexpected ways. It is the first-ever podcast series dedicated to this topic.

Publisher

JAPAN Forward

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 May 2024

Latest episode

3 Jun 2024

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Jun 2024

   Abducted – Four Stories, Four Lives, Episode 4: Teaching Terrorists, The Story of Yaeko and Her Son

   Yaeko Taguchi was abducted in 1978, vanishing while leaving behind one-year-old son Koichiro. A decade later came the confession of a North Korean spy.

2. 

   25 May 2024

   Abducted – Four Stories, Four Lives, Episode 3: Something Strange Along the Sea of Japan

   Journalist Masami Abe was one of the first to link odd disappearances along the coast of Japan to young people abducted to North Korea. Here is the backstory.

3. 

   20 May 2024

   Abducted – Four Stories, Four Lives, Episode 2: Inside the Black Box

   In this 2nd episode, Kaoru Hasuike, one of only 5 victims allowed to return to Japan, tells us about how he was abducted in 1978 and life in North Korea.

4. 

   10 May 2024

   Abducted – Four Stories, Four Lives, Episode 1: Just a Schoolgirl Taken by Martians Episode 1: Just a Schoolgirl Taken by Martians

   In this first episode, we focus on a 13-year-old girl abducted on her way home from school. What happened to her and why is the nation still reeling?

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