(1)5 returnees head to hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

(1)5 returnees head to hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

TOKYO, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (L) and Fukie Hamamoto, who returned to Japan on Oct. 15 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, leave a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Oct. 17 for their hometown, Obama in Fukui Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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