(1)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R), one of the five Japanese abductees who returned to Japan from North Korea for a temporary visit, hugs a friend on arriving at her hometown in Mano on Sadojima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17.

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