Terakoshi leaves Japan, bids farewell to mother

NARITA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (L), a Japanese who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in the early 1960s and has since lived in North Korea, shakes hands with his 71-year-old mother, Tomoe, before leaving Narita airport on the afternoon of Oct. 12 for North Korea after his first homecoming visit to Japan in 39 years. Terakoshi, 53, who disappeared from the Sea of Japan 39 years ago as a boy and is now a resident of Pyongyang, bid farewell in Japanese, saying, ''Mother, take care.'' (Kyodo News)

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