Soga departs for Jakarta to meet husband, daughters

Soga departs for Jakarta to meet husband, daughters

NARITA, Japan - Repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga waves as she leaves Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on July 8 for Jakarta to be reunited with her husband and daughters living in North Korea. At left is Kyoko Nakayama (L), adviser to the Cabinet Secretariat on the North Korean abduction issue.

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