The Invitation-Only Zone: The True Story of North Korea's Abduction Project

241 Pages·2016·2.76 MB·English

by  Boynton

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In memory of
ALICE TYSON BOYNTON
(1930–2013)

KEY PEOPLE
Note: Japanese names are rendered first name/last name. Korean names are
rendered last name/first name.
SHINZO ABE—Japanese prime minister from 2006 to 2007, 2012 to present
KAZUHIRO ARAKI—chairman of the Investigation Commission on Missing
Japanese Probably Related to North Korea KAYOKO ARIMOTO—mother of
Keiko Arimoto
KEIKO ARIMOTO—abducted in 1983 while studying English in London FUKIE (NÉE
HAMAMOTO) CHIMURA—abducted from Obama, Japan, in 1978
YASUSHI CHIMURA—abducted from Obama, Japan, in 1978
CHOI EUN-HEE—South Korean actress and former wife of Shin Sang-ok, abducted
from Hong Kong in 1978
KENJI FUJIMOTO—sushi chef who worked for Kim Jong-il, 1988–2001
TAKAKO FUKUI—girlfriend of Japanese Red Army Faction member Takahiro
Konishi TADAAKI HARA—chef abducted from Osaka, Japan, in 1980
KAORU HASUIKE—abducted from Kashiwazaki, Japan, in 1978
KATSUYA HASUIKE—daughter of Kaoru and Yukiko Hasuike
SHIGEYO HASUIKE—son of Kaoru and Yukiko Hasuike
TORU HASUIKE—older brother of Kaoru Hasuike
YUKIKO HASUIKE (NÉE OKUDO)—abducted from Kashiwazaki, Japan, in 1978
KENJI ISHIDAKA—TV Asahi producer, author of Kim Jong-il’s Abduction
Command TORU ISHIOKA—Japanese student abducted from Barcelona in 1980
BRINDA JENKINS—daughter of Charles Robert Jenkins and Hitomi Soga CHARLES
ROBERT JENKINS—U.S. Army sergeant, defected to North Korea in 1965,
married abductee Hitomi Soga in 1980
MIKA JENKINS—daughter of Charles Robert Jenkins and Hitomi Soga KIM EUN-
GYONG—daughter of Megumi Yokota and Kim Yong-nam KIM HYON-HUI—
North Korean agent who bombed Korean Air Flight 858 in 1987
KIM IL-SUNG—founder and leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
KIM JONG-IL—leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011
KIM YOUNG-NAM—South Korean abducted in 1978, married Megumi Yokota in
1986
JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI—prime minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
HARUNORI KOJIMA—abductee activist
TAKAHIRO KONISHI—Japanese Red Army Faction member
EDWARD S. MORSE—American zoologist (1838–1925) HIROKO SAITO—emigrated
from Japan to North Korea, 1963
KATSUMI SATO—director, Modern Korea Institute, abductee activist (1929–2013)
YASUHIRO SHIBATA—Japanese Red Army Faction member
SHIN KWANG-SOO—North Korean secret agent
SHIN SANG-OK—South Korean film director, ex-husband of Choi Eun-hee,
abducted from Hong Kong in 1978
HITOMI SOGA—abducted from Sado Island, Japan, 1978
MIYOSHI SOGA—abducted with her daughter, Hitomi, from Sado Island, Japan,
1978
TAKAMARO TAMIYA—leader of the Red Army Faction (1943–1995) HITOSHI
TANAKA—senior Japanese diplomat
TAKESHI TERAKOSHI—abducted from Shikamachi in 1963; currently lives in
Pyongyang, North Korea TOMOE TERAKOSHI—mother of Takeshi Terakoshi
RYUZO TORII—professor of anthropology, Tokyo University (1870–1953)
SHOGORO TSUBOI—professor of anthropology, Tokyo University (1863–1913)
MEGUMI YAO—wife of Yasuhiro Shibata
MEGUMI YOKOTA—thirteen-year-old schoolgirl abducted from Niigata, Japan, in
1977
SAKIE YOKOTA—mother of Megumi Yokota
SHIGERU YOKOTA—father of Megumi Yokota