Chimuras take tour of hometown

Chimuras take tour of hometown

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (C) and his wife Fukie (L) look at a cenotaph in Obama in Fukui Prefecture on Oct. 24 which commemorates a Japanese rescue of members of a wrecked South Korean ship in 1900, as they spend their 10th day back in Japan.

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