Soga observes crested ibises on Sadogashima Island

Soga observes crested ibises on Sadogashima Island

SADO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, 43, one of the five Japanese nationals on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, visits the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center with her nephew on Oct. 20. The conservation center is on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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