(2)Soga's two daughters take off N. Korean badge

TOKYO, Japan - Mika (L), 21, and Belinda (R), two daughters of repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga, wear a blue ribbon, an indication of their support for an early repatriation of other Japanese abductees, instead of a North Korean badge as they walk to a limousine from a chartered plane on arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport from Jakarta on July 18.

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