Chimuras enjoy fishing off Wakasa Bay

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (R) and his wife Fukie hold up fish at a port in the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 25 after enjoying fishing on a boat in Wakasa Bay on the Sea of Japan coast. The couple are on their first homecoming visit since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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