Soga's family trying to restore her name in registry

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), who returned to her home in the town of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, and her farther Shigeru look at photos of her elementary school graduation ceremony at her home on Oct. 22. Soga's family is making arrangements to restore her name in their family registry. (Pool photo)

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