Megumi

Although pretty much off the radar on the world stage the tension between The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (or North Korea as it's more commonly referred to) and her East Asian neighbours is a constant source of news in Japan.
After years of denial, North Korea finally admitted that it had abducted Japanese nationals during the 70's and 80's. This was a great relief to those families who had had relatives seemingly disappear, never to be heard of again, and a group of abductees were repatriated a few years back.
Of course not all the stories had a happy end and some of those abducted were discovered to have later died in captivity. North Korea provided some details but then, as is Kim Jong II's prerogative, the clouds of mystery closed over the unresolved cases.
And so it was with the case of Megumi, abducted at the age of 13 (making her the youngest to be abducted) from Niigata on November 15, 1977. During talks with the North Koreans in 2004 she was said to have committed suicide and her remains were returned to the Japanese government. DNA testing on these remains on behalf of the Japanese government failed to link them to Megumi and reports from her former husband in North Korea have had a heavy hint of coercion from the authorities.
This has left her parents with no definitive answer to the fate of their daughter and they have campaigned relentlessly to persuade the Japanese government to take up the case of the remaining abductees whose fate is unresolved.
We have already seen a manga type comic excerpt available here, a song from Paul Stookey and now we have a 25minute animated story available here.
You can also find a lot more information about the abduction issue on the same website, the English pages can be found at http://www.rachi.go.jp/en/index.html.

You can watch Anime Megumi below: