Photos of 4 freed Japanese in Central Asia

Photos of 4 freed Japanese in Central Asia

TOKYO, Japan - These are photos taken Monday of the four Japanese mining engineers who were freed Oct. 24 after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Central Asia. Hirotaro Fujii (L top), Haruo Harada (R top), Toshiaki Ariie (L bottom) and Nobuhisa Nakajima. The four were abducted on Aug. 23 in the Batken district of southern Kyrgyzstan.

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