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Kim Jong Un visits the 250-mile Journey for Learning Schoolchildren's Palace in Kanggye, Chagang Province, North Korea.
Kim Jong Un visits the 250-mile Journey for Learning Schoolchildren's Palace in Kanggye, Chagang Province, North Korea.AP
Megumi Yokota in 1977, the last year she was seen alive by her family.
Megumi Yokota in 1977, the last year she was seen alive by her family.AFP/Getty Images
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Takuya Yokota, secretary general of the Association of Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea and brother of Megumi Yokota.
Takuya Yokota, secretary general of the Association of Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea and brother of Megumi Yokota.The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Imag
Shigeru Yokota, the father of Megumi Yokota, a symbolic figure in the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s.
Shigeru Yokota, the father of Megumi Yokota, a symbolic figure in the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s. Kyodo News/Sipa USA
Kim Jong-Un surrounded by members of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) organizations during a joint national meeting to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the KCU organizations at Kim Il-Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on June 6, 2012.
Kim Jong-Un surrounded by members of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) organizations during a joint national meeting to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the KCU organizations at Kim Il-Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on June 6, 2012. AFP/Getty Images
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Kim Jong Un rides a horse during snowfall in Mount Paektu.
Kim Jong Un rides a horse during snowfall in Mount Paektu.REUTERS
Kim Jong Un inspecting the Kumsanpho Fish Pickling Factory with his wife Ri Sol Ju in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
Kim Jong Un inspecting the Kumsanpho Fish Pickling Factory with his wife Ri Sol Ju in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea. AFP/Getty Images
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The family of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korea slammed Kim Jong Un as a “foolish leader” — as they called for the safe return of all kidnapping victims in the Hermit Kingdom, according to reports.

“I think [Kim Jong Un] is a foolish leader,” said Tetsuya Yokota, whose sister Megumi was kidnapped in November 1977, UPI reported.

He and his twin brother, Takuya, have long advocated for the return of Japanese abductees from North Korea along with their mother, Sakie, and father, Shigeru, a prominent activist who died last week without ever reuniting with his daughter.

Megumi was 13 when she vanished on her way home from school in Niigata, in northwestern Japan, but it wasn’t until two decades later that it was revealed that North Korea was behind the abduction.

Japan claims that North Korea abducted at least 17 people to train agents in Japanese language and culture to spy on South Korea.

North Korea confirmed Megumi was abducted but has since alleged that she struggled from depression and died by suicide in 1994, according to UPI — but the family has never accepted that claim.

“Father deeply cherished our sister,” Takuya reportedly said. “It is unbearable to think of how much he wanted to see her.”

The family again called for North Korea to return Japanese abductees to their families Tuesday, saying there are “elderly people, whose health is not good.”

“We hope there are concrete results in order to prevent the same things from happening again,” Tetsuya said, the outlet reported.

With Post wires

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