Japanese defector to N. Korea returns to Japan

Japanese defector to N. Korea returns to Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - Kazumi Kitagawa, 31, a Japanese woman from Osaka who jumped into a river on the Chinese-North Korean border and defected to North Korea in August 2003 returned to Japan on Nov. 3. Photo shows Kitagawa holding a news conference at a Niigata hotel after arriving at Niigata airport from Pyongyang via Vladivostok.

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