Mainali leaves Japan for Nepal

NARITA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R), the wife of Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder case, and their daughters Mithila (L) and Alisha (C), meet the press at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 15, 2012. After spending 15 years in prison, Mainali, 45, left Japan to return to his home country for the first time in about 18 years, accompanied by Radha, 42, and their two daughters Mithila, 20, and Alisha, 18, as well as Japanese supporters.

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