Japanese man in N. Korea arrives in Beijing on way home

Japanese man in N. Korea arrives in Beijing on way home

BEIJING, China - Takeshi Terakoshi, a Japanese man living in North Korea who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in the early 1960s, is surrounded by reporters at Beijing Capital International Airport on Oct. 1 after arriving there from Pyongyang on his way home to Japan, his first homecoming in 39 years.

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