Relieved father smiles after missing baby found unharmed

Relieved father smiles after missing baby found unharmed

YONAGO, Japan - Ken Matsumoto, the father of the newborn baby abducted from Hakuai Hospital in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, a week ago and found unharmed Jan. 14, smiles at a news conference at the hospital Jan. 15. He and his wife, Kyoko, were reunited with the baby earlier in the day.

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