{{short description|Japanese citizen (born 1957)}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Kaoru Hasuike | honorific_suffix = | native_name = 蓮池薫 | native_name_lang = Japanese | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name above --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|09|29}} | birth_place = Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Niigata University | occupation = {{hlist|University academic|translator}} | employer = Niigata Sangyo University | children = 2 | spouse = Okudo Yukiko | relatives = }} {{Nihongo|'''Kaoru Hasuike'''|蓮池 薫|Hasuike Kaoru|born September 29, 1957}} is a Japanese citizen who was abducted by North Korean spies along with his girlfriend Yukiko Okudo. They were abducted from their hometown of Kashiwazaki in Niigata prefecture on July 19, 1978. Hasuike was a law student at the time. During their captivity, in May 1980, Hasuike and Okudo were married. They had two children: a daughter, Shigeyo, and a son, Katsuya. On October 15, 2002, the North Korean government allowed Hasuike, Okudo and other victims to leave North Korea to visit Japan. Once there, Hasuike and Okudo decided to remain in Japan and to plead for the release of their children, which was eventually allowed in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|author=Wallace, Rick|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/north-korean-nightmare-a-japanese-couples-remarkable-journey/story-e6frg6so-1226543351798#|title=North Korean nightmare: a Japanese couple's remarkable journey|newspaper=The Australian|date=26 December 2012|accessdate=8 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="United Nations Human Rights Council 2014"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/captured-by-north-korea-former-abductee-puts-faith-in-trumps-nuclear-talks|title=Captured by North Korea: Former abductee puts faith in Trump's nuclear talks|website=TheGuardian.com|date=12 September 2019}}</ref>
After his escape, Hasuike wrote a book, ''Abduction and My Decision'', about his experiences in North Korea.
In April 2013, Hasuike was appointed Associate Professor of economics at the Kashiwazaki-based Niigata Sangyo University, where he has taught Japanese and Korean languages since 2008. In addition, Hasuike runs a translation business.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/16/national/ex-abductees-mark-11th-anniversary-of-return-from-n-korea/|title=Ex-abductees mark 11th anniversary of return from N. Korea|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=October 16, 2013|accessdate=8 April 2014}}</ref>
His story and that of his brother Toru were adapted for a manga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20121015p2a00m0na013000c.html|title=Ex-abductee Hasuike determined to help settle abduction issue－ 毎日jp(毎日新聞)|publisher=Mainichi.jp|date=2012-10-15|accessdate=2012-10-19|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130220234500/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20121015p2a00m0na013000c.html|archive-date=2013-02-20|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20121019-378515.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022002031/http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20121019-378515.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |title=Ex-abductee opens up on years in North Korea |publisher=News.asiaone.com |date=2002-10-15 |accessdate=2012-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201210150090 |title=10 years after, former abductees still trying to erase the horrors of North Korea – AJW by The Asahi Shimbun |publisher=Ajw.asahi.com |accessdate=2012-10-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019234805/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201210150090 |archivedate=2012-10-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=The Yomiuri Shimbun |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T121015002726.htm |title=10 years on, ex-abductees call for action : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) |publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun |date= |accessdate=2012-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://english.sina.com/world/2012/1015/516252.html |title=Japan abductee' kin: DPRK sanctions a failure – World News |publisher=SINA English |date= |accessdate=2012-10-19}}</ref>
==See also== *North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="United Nations Human Rights Council 2014">{{cite book |first1= Michael Donald|last1=Kirby |authorlink1=Michael Kirby (judge) |first2=Sonja |last2=Biserko |authorlink2=Sonja Biserko |first3= Marzuki|last3=Darusman |authorlink3=Marzuki Darusman |date=7 February 2014 |title=Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - A/HRC/25/CRP.1 |publisher=United Nations Human Rights Council |url= http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoIDPRK/Report/A.HRC.25.CRP.1_ENG.doc|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227104633/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoIDPRK/Report/A.HRC.25.CRP.1_ENG.doc | archivedate= February 27, 2014 |url-status=live |pages=298 (Paragraph 938) |quote= Mrs and Mr Hasuike were abducted from the coast of Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Mrs and Mr Hasuike were two of the five abductees returned to Japan in 2002, and their children in 2004. In 2006 and 2007, the Japanese authorities issued arrest warrants for three DPRK agents believed to be associated with the couples' abduction: Choi Sun-chol, Han Myeong-il and Kim Nam-jin. }}</ref> }}
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