Hasuike couple says family to decide together on future

Hasuike couple says family to decide together on future

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko, two of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, tell reporters Dec. 14 in their hometown of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, that they want to decide their future as a family after reuniting in Japan with their children still in N. Korea. They met reporters to mark the two-month anniversary of their return to Japan. (Pool photo)

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