Jenkins hopes his book helps settle abduction cases

Jenkins hopes his book helps settle abduction cases

TOKYO, Japan - Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. army deserter to North Korea, poses for photos with his memoir in hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 112 ''I hope that this book will help the abduction issue in a small way,'' said Jenkins, the 65-year-old husband of repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga.

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