(1) Japan begins issuing passports to 5 abductees

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura, who returned to his home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, looks at his passport at his home on Oct. 18. Japanese authorities began issuing passports to five Japanese who were abducted to North Korea in 1978 and are currently in Japan on a homecoming visit. (Pool photo)

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