Jenkins attending driving school to get license

TOKYO, Japan - Charles Jenkins (L), the 65-year-old husband of repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga, practices driving at a driving school in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Oct. 19. Jenkins, a former U.S. Army deserter to North Korea, is learning Japanese road signs by using English learning materials. He said he would like to go fishing in his wife's hometown Sado, Niigata, if he obtains a license. (Pool photo)

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