Soga resumes work in Sado

Soga resumes work in Sado

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, a repatriated Japanese abductee, resumed work May 26 at the town office in Mano, Niigata Prefecture, after returning home from Tokyo. She was unable to meet her husband, Charles Jenkins, and their two daughters after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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