Case 346: Megumi Yokota
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Case 346: Megumi Yokota

B2Upper-intermediateJuly 11, 20261 hr 22 min
  • Documentary
  • Crime & justice

*** Content warnings: Child abduction *** When 13-year-old Megumi Yokota failed to return home from her regular badminton practice on November 15 1977, her parents immediately raised the alarm. The police in Niigata, Japan, conducted one of the city’s largest ever investigations, but no trace of Megumi was ever found. Two decades later, the case took a shocking turn that would rock the entire nation of Japan and have geopolitical ramifications… --- Narration – Anonymous Host Research & writing – Erin Munro Production & music – Mike Migas Audio editing – Anthony Telf...

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warnings, please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website. 41-year-old Sakaya Yokota felt slightly nervous as the clock ticked past 7pm on Tuesday, November 15, 1977. Her daughter, Megumi, age 13, was late in returning home from the badminton practice she attended after school. Megumi walked to and from her middle school each day, and no matter how late her badminton

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practice ran, she was usually home by 6 o'clock. If there was a deviation from that plan, she made sure to let Sakier know. The previous day, the badminton club had held a post-training meeting, which Megumi had made sure to tell her mother about in advance. She'd arrived home at 6.30 that night, half an hour later than usual. But Megumi hadn't said anything about another

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