(1) Jenkins says he can't visit Japan for fear of arrest

(1) Jenkins says he can't visit Japan for fear of arrest

PYONGYNAG, North Korea - Former U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins (R), the husband of one of five Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea and now back in Japan, meets a Kyodo News reporter Nov. 29 at a hospital in Pyongyang. Jenkins said he cannot go to Japan for fear of being arrested by U.S. authorities. His doctor is on the left, while the man in the center is an interpreter.

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                      (1) Jenkins says he can't visit Japan for fear of arrest

                      (1) Jenkins says he can't visit Japan for fear of arrest

                      PYONGYNAG, North Korea - Former U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins (R), the husband of one of five Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea and now back in Japan, meets a Kyodo News reporter Nov. 29 at a hospital in Pyongyang. Jenkins said he cannot go to Japan for fear of being arrested by U.S. authorities. His doctor is on the left, while the man in the center is an interpreter.(Kyodo)