Wartime memories help mother of Megumi Yokota understand her plight

Wartime memories help mother of Megumi Yokota understand her plight

The 89-year-old mother of Megumi Yokota, one of the most high-profile victims of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals decades ago, has spoken of her own experiences as a wartime evacuee, saying the loneliness and privations she suffered help her understand something of what her daughter must have faced.