Soga attends nursing retraining classes

Soga attends nursing retraining classes

NIIGATA, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese who returned to Japan last October after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, attends the opening ceremony for a nursing retraining program on Feb. 13 in Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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