(3)5 returnees head to hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese who returned to Japan on Oct. 15 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, waves at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 17 ahead of her departure for her hometown of Mano in Niigata Prefecture.

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