(2)Abductees visit relatives, graves

(2)Abductees visit relatives, graves

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (2nd from R) prays at the grave of his mother Toshiko, who died at age 74 in April, in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 18. Chimura, along with Fukie Hamamoto to whom Chimura got married in 1979 in North Korea, returned to their homes in Obama on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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