(1)Abductees meet the press

(1)Abductees meet the press

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (R), 48, and his wife Fukie, 48, abducted to North Korea in the late 1970s and returned to Japan in 2002, gives a joint news conference at the Obama municipal government office in Fukui Prefecture on Oct. 14, a day before marking the first anniversary of their repatriation from North Korea.

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