SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Megumi Yokota

1964 - 1977

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Megumi Yokota (横田 めぐみ, Yokota Megumi) (born 5 October 1964) is a Japanese citizen who was abducted by a North Korean agent in 1977 when she was a thirteen-year-old junior high school student. She was one of at least seventeen Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The North Korean government has admitted to kidnapping Yokota, but has said that she died in captivity. Yokota's parents and others in Japan have publicly expressed the belief that she is still alive in North Korea and have waged a public campaign seeking her return to Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Megumi Yokota is the 581st most popular social activist (down from 464th in 2019), the 1,632nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,186th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Megumi Yokota ranks 581 out of 840. Before her are Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, Irene Fernandez, Thomas Clarkson, Stan Swamy, Emily Hobhouse, and Elvia Carrillo Puerto. After her are Ella Baker, Eoin O'Duffy, Har Dayal, Osman Kavala, Grey Owl, and Lucy Salani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Megumi Yokota ranks 352. Before her are Krzysztof Warzycha, Rex Brown, Gigi Fernández, Aviv Kochavi, Šarūnas Bartas, and Grzegorz Ryś. After her are Molly Shannon, Ferdinand von Schirach, Doug Aldrich, João Paulo, Zurab Noghaideli, and Pascal Richard. Among people deceased in 1977, Megumi Yokota ranks 233. Before her are Jean Taris, Grațian Sepi, H. A. Rey, Marston Morse, Nunnally Johnson, and Miguel Mihura. After her are Artur Adson, Sebastian Cabot, Arnold Bode, Helen Ferguson, Rudolf Cvetko, and Alexey Gribov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Megumi Yokota ranks 1,632 out of 6,245. Before her are Yuji Ide (1975), Nanako Matsushima (1973), Ryōko Hirosue (1980), Maya Yoshida (1988), Masami Ihara (1967), and Toshimitsu Motegi (1955). After her are Junichi Suwabe (1972), Takamichi Kobayashi (1979), Kouta Hirano (1973), Kiyonobu Okajima (1971), Masahiro Nakai (1972), and Chiaki Kuriyama (1984).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Japan

Among social activists born in Japan, Megumi Yokota ranks 11. Before her are Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Ninomiya Sontoku (1787), Kōtoku Shūsui (1871), Gotō Shōjirō (1838), and Ōsugi Sakae (1885). After her are Akira Amano (1973), Jared Taylor (1951), Oliver Wood (null), and Sayaka Osakabe (1978).

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