(5)Abductees spend their time in hometown

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike, one of five Japanese on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, is tossed by his friends at the end of a baseball game they played together at their alma mater in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 19.

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