(2)Abductees meet the press

(2)Abductees meet the press

KASHIWAZAJI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike, 46, looks at his wife Yukiko, 47, during a news conference at the Kashiwazaki municipal government office in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 14, a day before marking the first anniversary of their repatriation from North Korea. Both were abducted to North Korea in the late 1970s and returned to Japan in 2002.

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