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(6)Abductees spend their time in hometown

HAMO, Japan - Clad in kimono, Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, attends a ''Shichi-go-san'' ceremony for her nephew Daisuke at a Shinto shrine in Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 19. (Pool photo)

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(4)Abductees spend their time in hometown

HAMO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (C), one of five Japanese on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, holds the hand of her nephew Daisuke at a Shinto shrine in Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 19. She is accompanied by her younger sister Tomiko (R).

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Japan's sea eel imports peaking

Japan's imports of sea eels or ''hamo'' in Japanese -- a special summer taste in the Kansai (western Japan) area -- are increasing toward the peak time of July's Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto. The photo shows customs officials at Osaka's Kansai International Airport checking sea eels airlifted from China and South Korea on June 23.

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(6)Abductees spend their time in hometown

HAMO, Japan - Clad in kimono, Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, attends a ''Shichi-go-san'' ceremony for her nephew Daisuke at a Shinto shrine in Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 19. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(4)Abductees spend their time in hometown

HAMO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (C), one of five Japanese on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, holds the hand of her nephew Daisuke at a Shinto shrine in Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 19. She is accompanied by her younger sister Tomiko (R). (Kyodo)

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Japan's sea eel imports peaking

Japan's imports of sea eels or ''hamo'' in Japanese -- a special summer taste in the Kansai (western Japan) area -- are increasing toward the peak time of July's Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto. The photo shows customs officials at Osaka's Kansai International Airport checking sea eels airlifted from China and South Korea on June 23.

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Japan's sea eel imports peaking

Japan's imports of sea eels or ''hamo'' in Japanese -- a special summer taste in the Kansai (western Japan) area -- are increasing toward the peak time of July's Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto. The photo shows customs officials at Osaka's Kansai International Airport checking sea eels airlifted from China and South Korea on June 23.