Teruaki Masumoto (2009)

Teruaki Masumoto (増元照明, b. October 5, 1955 in Kagoshima Prefecture -) is the secretary general of the *anese *ociation of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, which advocates for the return of *anese citizens kidnapped by North Korea and calls for the *anese government to impose sanctions on the country. His older sister Rumiko is one of the victims. On February 1, 2007, he married actress Yuuko Wakamiya. in May 2012 he testified at North Korean human rights in European Parliament about his sister and other abductees including Megumi Yokota and Yaeko Taguchi

See also

• North Korean abductions of *anese
• Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story

External links

• Teruaki Masumoto official page (in *anese)
• "N. Korea kidnap victims want 'hostile' diplomats removed", Asian Political News, June 2, 2003.