Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

France: Flooding Hits Southeast Region After Heavy Rains 2

Flooding struck southeastern France on Thursday, October 17, prompting evacuations in some communities, triggering the highest alert in six departments, and disrupting train services

E

France: Flooding Hits Southeast Region After Heavy Rains 3

Flooding struck southeastern France on Thursday, October 17, prompting evacuations in some communities, triggering the highest alert in six departments, and disrupting train services

E

Caribbean: Tropical Storm Ernesto Brings Intense Rainfalls And High Winds 2

Tropical Storm Ernesto continued to approach Puerto Rico on Tuesday, August 13, bringing intense rainfalls and high winds to several Caribbean islands. Ernesto is expected to reach hurricane strength as it passes through Puerto Rico.

E

Caribbean: Tropical Storm Ernesto Brings Intense Rainfalls And High Winds 3

Tropical Storm Ernesto continued to approach Puerto Rico on Tuesday, August 13, bringing intense rainfalls and high winds to several Caribbean islands. Ernesto is expected to reach hurricane strength as it passes through Puerto Rico.

E

US: Edgehill Fire Burns Homes And Vehicles In San Bernardino, California 4

The Edgehill Fire, a fast-moving wildfire, broke out in San Bernardino on Monday, August 5. The fire burned several homes and vehicles in the Shandin Hills neighborhood, prompting evacuation orders for the surrounding area.

E

Ex-abductee Soga's family arrives at Haneda, July 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Former abductee by North Korea Hitomi Soga (C), her husband Charles Jenkins and their first and second daughters Mika (L) and Brinda (back) arrive at Haneda airport in Tokyo in July 2004.

E

Repatriated abductee still awaiting mother's return from N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows repatriated Japanese abduction victim Hitomi Soga (2nd from R) being reunited with her American husband Charles Jenkins (R) and their North Korea-born daughters, Brinda (L) and Mika in Jakarta on July 9, 2004.

E

Ex-abductee's husband

NIIGATA, Japan - Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. deserter who married Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga in North Korea in 1980, speaks during an interview in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Sept. 29, 2012.

E

Jenkins granted permanent residency status in Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - Charles Jenkins, the American husband of a repatriated Japanese abductee to North Korea, shows the permanent residency permit in his passport in Niigata on July 15 after he was granted permanent residency status in Japan.

E

Ex-abductee Soga's husband Jenkins promotes Sado rice

TOKYO, Japan - Charles Jenkins (R), the 67-year-old husband of former abductee Hitomi Soga, participated in a event in Tokyo on Nov. 9 to help promote organic rice from Sado, an island in Niigata Prefecture where the couple now live after being allowed to leave North Korea.

E

Jenkins speaks about abductions by N. Korea

BANKGKOK, Thailand - Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. army sergeant who deserted from the army to North Korea and stayed there for almost 40 years until 2004, speaks about the N. Korean abduction issue while showing a photo of his family at an international conference on North Korea's human rights situation in Bangkok on Sept. 18. Jenkins now lives in Japan with his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga who was also abducted by N. Korean agents.

E

Jenkins says N. Korea had missiles aimed at Japan, S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins (in file photo), who spent nearly four decades in North Korea, said North Korea had missiles aimed at Japan and South Korea, the British newspaper Independent reported on March 7. Jenkins, 66, who now lives in Japan, said in an interview with the newspaper that the missiles were set up in a mountain close to his house and ''Everybody knew that.''

E

N. Korea made Soga teach Japanese to Army officers: Jenkins

SADO, Japan - U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins, who spent nearly four decades in North Korea and now lives in Japan,speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at a hotel in Sato, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 15. He said his wife Hitomi Soga, a repatriated Japanese abductee, was made to teach Japanese to young North Korean Army officers and others on three occasions between 1981 and 1982.

E

N. Korea made Soga teach Japanese to Army officers: Jenkins

SADO, Japan - U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins, who spent nearly four decades in North Korea and now lives in Japan, looks at photos of Japanese abductees during an interview with Kyodo News at a hotel in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 15.

E

Soga talks to Thai abductee's kin

TOKYO, Japan - Repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga (R) and her American husband Charles Jenkins (2nd from L) hold a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22 together with family members of a Thai woman, who is also believed to have been abducted to North Korea after their meeting.

E

Lebanese seeks Jenkins' help to repatriate daughter from N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - Mountaha Chehade Haidar, a 69-year-old Lebanese woman, speaking through one of her supporters at a Niigata hotel on Dec. 16, seeks help to get back her daughter (in photo) who was apparently abducted to North Korea 27 years ago. Haidar met the press after meeting Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. Army deserter to the North who is the husband of a repatriated Japanese abductee, to ask for his help.

E

Lebanese seeks Jenkins' help to repatriate daughter from N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - Mountaha Chehade Haidar, a 69-year-old Lebanese woman, speaking through one of her supporters at a Niigata hotel on Dec. 16, seeks help to get back her daughter (in photo) who was apparently abducted to North Korea 27 years ago. Haidar met the press after meeting Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. Army deserter to the North who is the husband of a repatriated Japanese abductee, to ask for his help.

E

Jenkins obtains driver's license

NIIGATA, Japan - Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. Army soldier who deserted to North Korea, holds his driver's license at the Niigata Driving License Center in Niigata on Nov. 9.

E

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)

E

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.

E

Jenkins hopes his book helps settle abduction cases

TOKYO, Japan - Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. army deserter to North Korea, poses with his book in hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12. Jenkins, the 65-year-old husband of repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga, voiced hope that his book will contribute to settling the long-standing North Korean abduction issue.

E

Jenkins, Soga

RICHMOND, United States - Charles Jenkins (R), a former U.S. Army deserter who spent decades in North Korea, and his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga (far L), depart from Richmond airport for Japan on June 21. Jenkins stayed at his sister's home in Weldon, North Carolina, for a week for his first reunion with his 91-year-old mother in more than 40 years.

E

Jenkins, Soga return to Japan after weeklong visit to U.S.

NARITA, Japan - Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. Army deserter who spent decades in North Korea, his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga (R), a repatriated victim of Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese nationals, and their family arrive at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 22 after a weeklong visit to the United States. ''I had a great trip,'' Jenkins told reporters at the airport. ''We had a wonderful time, and I'm very happy to be back in Japan. I got homesick for Japan.''

E

Jenkins and Soga meet press

WELDON, United States - Charles Jenkins (L), a U.S. Army deserter who spent decades in North Korea, and his wife, Hitomi Soga, a repatriated Japanese who had been abducted by North Korea, meet the press in Weldon, North Carolina, on June 20. The couple, along with their North Korean-born daughters Mika and Brinda, came to the United States on June 14 for Jenkins' first reunion in more than 40 years with his 91-year-old mother.

E

Jenkins in his hometown

WELDON, United States - Charles Jenkins (R), a former U.S. Army sergeant who deserted to North Korea and is now in Weldon, North Carolina for the first reunion with his family in 40 years, looks at a lake near the town where he used to fish in his boyhood, accompanied by one of his old friends on June 17.

E

Jenkins shops with mother, family

WELDON, United States - Charles Jenkins (R), a 65-year-old former U.S. Army sergeant who spent decades in North Korea as a deserter, spends time shopping with his mother, Pattie Casper (R, front), his wife Hitomi Soga (L) and their daughters in Weldon, North Carolina, on June 16. Jenkins and his family members are visiting Weldon to meet Jenkins' relatives.

E

(3)Jenkins happy to be home after 40-year absence

WELDON, United States - Charles Jenkins (2nd from R), a 65-year-old former U.S. Army sergeant who spent decades in North Korea as a deserter, poses for photos with his mother Pattie Casper (C), his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga (2nd from L), their daughters Brinda (far L) and Mika (far R) following his reunion with his 91-year-old mother in Weldon, North Carolina, on June 14.

E

(1)Jenkins happy to be home after 40-year absence

WELDON, United States - Charles Jenkins (R), a 65-year-old former U.S. Army sergeant who spent decades in North Korea as a deserter, poses with her 91-year-old mother Pattie Casper (far L) following their reunion after a 40-year absence in Weldon, North Carolina, on June 14.

E

(2)Jenkins happy to be home after 40-year absence

WELDON, United States - Charles Jenkins (R), a 65-year-old former U.S. Army sergeant who spent decades in North Korea as a deserter, poses with his mother Pattie Casper (C) and her Japanese wife Hitomi Soga (L) in Weldon, North Carolina, on June 14. ''I feel very happy,'' Jenkins told reporters as he smiled and held his 91-year-old mother.

E

Jenkins family leaves for U.S.

NARITA, Japan - Charles Jenkins (L), a former U.S. Army sergeant, his wife Hitomi Soga and their North Korean-born daughters leave Narita Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on June 14 for the United States to visit Jenkins' mother for the first time in some 40 years.

E

Jenkins family to leave for U.S.

SADO, Japan - Charles Jenkins (R), a former U.S. Army sergeant, and his wife Hitomi Soga (2nd from L), a former Japanese abductee repatriated from North Korea, leave Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 13 to visit the United States to meet Jenkins' mother for the first time in 40 years. Their two North Korea-born daughters will travel with the couple to North Carolina.

E

Soga wants to visit U.S. with U.S. husband Jenkins

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), a former Japanese victim of North Korean abduction, meets Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiken Sugiura in Tokyo on May 12. She said she wanted to visit the United States with her husband Charles Jenkins as soon as possible.

E

Jenkins meets reporters in Sado

SADO, Japan - Former U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Jenkins, husband of repatriated abductee Hitomi Soga, speaks at a news conference in Soga's hometown on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 31. He met reporters alone for the first time since arriving in Japan in July in 2004.

E

(2)Jenkins, Soga, daughters visit ancestors' grave

SADO, Japan - Former U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Jenkins (R), his wife and former abductee Hitomi Soga (L), together with their North Korean-born daughters -- Mika (2nd from L) and Brinda (2nd from R) -- pray at the grave of Soga's ancestors at a temple in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 10. (Pool photo)

E

(3)Jenkins, Soga, daughters visit ancestors' grave

SADO, Japan - Former U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Jenkins (front) and his wife and former abductee Hitomi Soga (back), purify the grave of Soga's ancestors at a temple in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 10. (Pool photo)

E

Jenkins, Soga, daughters visit ancestors' grave

SADO, Japan - Former U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Jenkins (R), his wife and former abductee Hitomi Soga (3rd from R), together with their North Korean-born daughters -- Mika (2nd from R) and Brinda (L) -- head for the grave of Soga's ancestors at a temple in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 10.

E

Daughters of Jenkins and Soga register as residents of Sado

SADO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R), former Japanese abductee and wife of former U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Jenkins, registers their two North Korean-born daughters -- Mika (C) and Brinda (L) -- as residents in her hometown of Sado, Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 10. (Pool photo)

E

(5)Jenkins arrives in Niigata for new life with family

SADO, Japan - Charles Jenkins is moved to tears during a press conference after arriving in Sado with his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga (seated at right) and two daughters, Mika and Brinda, on Dec. 7. The former U.S. Army sergeant said he wants to live the rest of his life in Sado with his family.

E

(6)Jenkins arrives in Niigata for new life with family

SADO, Japan - Charles Jenkins (L) and his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga are presented with flowers at the Mano branch of the Sado municipal office in Sado on arrival from Tokyo on Dec. 7. The former U.S. Army sergeant said he wants to live the rest of his life in Sado with his family.

E

(7)Jenkins arrives in Niigata for new life with family

SADO, Japan - Mika (L) and Brinda, daughters of Charles Jenkins and his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga, hold flowers during a press conference with their parents at the Mano branch of the Sado municipal office in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 7.

E

(4)Jenkins arrives in Niigata for new life with family

SADO, Japan - Charles Jenkins is moved to tears during a press conference after arriving in Sado with his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga (R) and two daughters, Mika and Brinda, on Dec. 7. The former U.S. Army sergeant said he wants to live the rest of his life in Sado with his family.

E

(3)Jenkins arrives in Niigata for new life with family

SADO, Japan - Charles Jenkins (L), his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga two daughters, Mika and Brinda poses with smile after receiving flowers at the Mano branch of the Sado municipal office on arrival in Sado from Tokyo on Dec. 7.

E

(2)Jenkins arrives in Niigata for new life with family

SADO, Japan - Former U.S. sergeant Charles Jenkins, accompanied by his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga and two North Korean-born daughters, Mika and Brinda, is greeted by well-wishers on arrival in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 7 to start a new life with his family in his wife's hometown.

E

(1)Jenkins arrives in Niigata for new life with family

SADO, Japan - Charles Jenkins (2nd from L), a former U.S. Army sergeant released after being jailed for deserting to North Korea nearly 40 years ago, arrives in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 7 with his Japanese wife Hitomi Soga (R) and their two daughters, Mika (2nd from R), 21, and Brinda (L), 19 to start a new life in his wife's hometown.

E

Jenkins leaves for Niigata for new life with family

TOKYO, Japan - A van carrying former U.S. Army sergeant Charles Jenkins, his wife Hitomi Soga and their two daughters leaves the U.S. Army's Camp Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 7 for Soga's hometown of Sado.

E

Accused deserter Jenkins surrenders to U.S. military

ZAMA, Japan - Accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins (L) surrenders Sept. 11 to the U.S. military at Camp Zama near Tokyo. Lt. Col. Paul Nigara, U.S. Army Japan provost marshal, received Jenkins when he arrived at the base from the Tokyo hospital where he had been staying since July.

E

(1)Jenkins leaves hospital to surrender to U.S. Army

TOKYO, Japan - Accused U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins leaves a Tokyo hospital Sept. 11 to surrender to the U.S. military at Camp Zama, a U.S. base near Tokyo.

E

(2)Jenkins leaves hospital to surrender to U.S. Army

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins (L) leaves a Tokyo hospital Sept. 11 to surrender to the U.S. military at Camp Zama, a U.S. base near Tokyo. He was accompanied by his wife Hitomi Soga (R), whom he married in North Korea after she was abducted from Japan in 1978, and their two daughters.

E

Soga, daughters visit Jenkins at Tokyo hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga (R) and her two North Korean-born daughters -- Mika (2nd from R) and Belinda (L) -- head to a bus station on their way to a hospital in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward where Soga's husband Charles Jenkins is staying. (Pool photo)

E

Soga, daughters move to hotel from hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Repatriated abductee Hitomi Soga (R), her younger daughter Belinda (C) and elder daughter Mika arrive at a hotel in Tokyo on July 26 from the hospital where they had been staying with Charles Jenkins, Soga's husband and an accused U.S. Army deserter, following their arrival in Japan earlier this month.