Background: Yoko Kaneko, Chinese name Luo Rong, was born in China but has been living in Japan with her Japanese husband, Atsushi Kaneko.

Yoko Kaneko went to China with two other Japanese Falun Gong practitioners to clarify the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong. While distributing leaflets in Beijing, the police arrested them. The two Japanese practitioners were sent back home, but they detained Yoko because she is a Chinese citizen.

Her husband Atsushi, who was able to see her recently with assistance by some Japanese House of Representative members, said; "Yoko is not in her right mind. She seemed to be an entirely different person."

The following contact information can be used to convey your concerns to the Japanese government, and to ask them to call on the Chinese government for Yoko Kaneko’s immediate release.

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• On-line petition provided by the Support Committee (In Japanese)
  The Committee is planning to submit an appeal when the Japanese Foreign Minister visits China in September.
  http://www.falundafa-jp.net/features/jz_sign/jz_sign_form.htm
• Japanese Support Committee [English e-mail]
  kitajima@1-0.jp (0 is a zero, not an O.)
• Japanese Prime Minister, Jun'ichiro Koizumi.
  http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/forms/goiken.html (In Japanese, English may be accepted. The top box is for the subject, and the second, large box is for the main message.)
• Japanese Foreign Ministry
  http://www2.mofa.go.jp:8080/mofaj/mail/qa.html (Japanese)
  http://www.mofa.go.jp/feedback/note.html (English)

  Tel: +81 3-3580-3311
  Fax: +81 3-3581 9442
  E-mail: webmaster@mofa.go.jp