(6)Abductees visit relatives, graves

(6)Abductees visit relatives, graves

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (R) leaves his home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 18 to see his bed-ridden grandmother Kikui at a welfare facility. Hasuike returned his home on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978.

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