(4)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

(4)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of the five Japanese abductees who returned from North Korea for a temporary visit, is reunited with her father Shigeru at his home in Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17. (Pool photo)

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