Soga moves out of father's house to live on her own

Soga moves out of father's house to live on her own

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea who has been living with her father in the town of Mano, Niigata Prefecture, carries a box as she moves out of her father's house on Dec. 22 to start living by herself in a rented house in the same town.

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