Chimura says return to Japan was unthinkable

Chimura says return to Japan was unthinkable

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (L) and his wife Fukie, who are on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, meet the press at the Obama city government in Fukui Prefecture on Oct. 23. Chimura said he did not think he could come back to Japan while he was in Pyongyang.

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