Ex-classmates give Fukie Chimura words of encouragement

Ex-classmates give Fukie Chimura words of encouragement

OBAMA, Japan - Shinsho Sasagawa, who once taught Fukie Chimura, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, holds a collection of compositions written by Chimura's former elementary school classmates to encourage her. (Kyodo)

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