Soga prays for reunion with husband, children

Soga prays for reunion with husband, children

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, answers questions from reporters in her hometown of Mano, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 1 after visiting a nearby shrine to pray for an early reunion in Japan with her husband and children still in North Korea. (Pool photo)

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