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Daughter, son of Hasuikes to attend college

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Former abductees Kaoru (L) and Yukiko Hasuike give a press conference in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on June 22. They said their son Katsuya, 19, and daughter Shigeyo, 22, will join a college in the fall semester after studying Japanese there.

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Hasuikes arrive at Kashiwazaki home

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (R) speaks to supporters and neighbors in front of his house in Kashiwazaki, Nikata Prefecture, May 23 after arriving there with his wife Yukiko (L), and their two children. Kaoru and Yukiko, two of five Japanese abductees repatriated from North Korea in 2002, were reunited with their children on the previous night in Tokyo.

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(2)Hasuikes, Soga leave for hometowns in Niigata Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko wave as they leave a Tokyo hotel with their two children for their hometown in Niigata Prefecture on May 23, one day after they and their children were reunited for the first time in 19 months.

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(1)Hasuikes, Soga leave for hometowns in Niigata Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of the five Japanese abductees repatriated from North Korea, leaves a Tokyo hotel May 23 for her hometown in Niigata Prefecture. Soga was unable to reunite with her American husband, Charles Jenkins, 64, and their two daughters because they declined to come to Japan.

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5 children of Chimuras, Hasuikes reunited with parents

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (C) greets former Japanese abductees Kaoru and Yukiko Hasuike, and Yasushi and Fukie Chimura, and the couples' sons and daughters at a Tokyo hotel on May 22. (Pool photo)

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Chimuras, Hasuikes head to see sons and daughters at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese abductees, Yasushi Chimura (L) and his wife Fukie (2nd from L), Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from R) and his wife Yukiko (R), board a bus to Tokyo's Haneda airport to meet their sons and daughters from Pyongyang.

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Hasuikes tell how they were abducted to N. Korea 25 years ago

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hauike (L) and his wife Yukiko, who returned to Japan last year from North Korea, speak to reporters in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on July 30 about how they were abducted by North Korean agents from the coast of Kashiwazaki 25 years ago.

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(2)Emperor, empress welcome Hasuikes home from N. Korea

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru (L) and Yukiko (R) Hasuike tell reporters about their impressions after chatting briefly with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, who visited the Kashiwazaki city hall in Niigata Prefecture on June 13. The Hasuikes, repatriated in October after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, are working at the city office.

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(1)Emperor, empress welcome Hasuikes home from N. Korea

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave as they leave the Kashiwazaki city hall in Niigata Prefecture on June 13 where they met briefly with Kaoru and Yukiko Hasuike, who were repatriated in October after being abducted to North Korea in 1978. The Hasuikes are working at the city office.

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Hasuikes cast ballots in 2nd half of local elections

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru (R) and Yukiko Hasuike, who returned to Japan last year after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, cast their ballots in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on April 27 as voting began nationwide in 391 mayoral and 1,306 municipal assembly elections. (Pool photo)

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(2)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura poses at his desk on the first day of his work at the Obama city government office in Fukui Prefecture on April 1. Assigned to a department in charge of promoting business, Chimura will help in activities related to food, such as the operation of a local food museum. (Pool photo) (Kyoido)

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(1)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) watches his wife Yukiko receive a letter of appointment from Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of Kashiwazaki, on April 1. The Kashiwazaki city government assigned Kaoru to its public relations department and Yukiko to the children's department. The couple will work on a one-year contract. (Pool photo)

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(3)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

OBAMA, Japan - Fukie Chimura (R) listens to a briefing on her job assignment from a Fukui Prefectural government official on April 1. She will assist in the issuance of passports for travelers and translating public relations materials into Korean. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes to begin working on April 1

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru (R) and Yukiko Hasuike smile March 25 as they are asked by reporters about the jobs offered to them by the Kashiwazaki city government. Kaoru will be assigned to the city government's public relations department while his wife will work in the children's department. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes watch high school baseball match

KOSHIEN, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (R), a Japanese who returned to Japan last year after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, and his wife Yukiko (L), cheer for baseball players of his alma mater Kashiwazaki Senior High School in Niigata Prefecture, in the opening match of the national senior high school baseball championship at Koshien, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 22.

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Hasuikes arrive in Tokyo for 4-day visit

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (R) and his wife Yukiko (L), who returned to Japan last October after being abducted by North Korea in 1978, arrived in Tokyo from their hometown of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on March 13 for a four-day visit to discuss the abduction issue with lawmakers. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes to be employed as temporary city workers

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (R) meets with Kaoru Hasuike (C) and his wife Yukiko (L) at their home in Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture on Feb. 2. The mayor later said the couple will be employed by the Kashiwazaki city government as temporary workers from April. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes receive 400 New Year's cards from across Japan

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Toru Hasuike, elder brother of Kaoru Hasuike, one of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea and now back in their homeland, speaks to reporters Jan. 3 about how Kaoru and his wife Yukiko spend their New Year's holiday. Toru said the couple received about 400 New Year's greeting cards from across Japan. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes visit shrine on New Year's Day

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko, two of the five Japanese who were abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, visit a shrine in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 1. The couple said they prayed each for an early reunion in Japan with their children still in North Korea.(Pool photo)

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Hasuikes speak about their life

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (R) and his wife Yukiko, two of the five Japanese who were abducted to North Korea in 1978, speak to the press at the Kashiwazaki municipal office in Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 27 about their life in North Korea and Japan. The five returned to Japan on Oct. 15 on what was supposed to be a trip of about two weeks. Japan then decided to keep them and is asking North Korea to send their families here. (pool photo)

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Hasuikes take last computer lesson at residence

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru (L) and Yukiko Hasuike, two of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in their homeland, sit for their 11th and final computer lesson at their residence in Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 24. The couple have been taking computer lessons from Kashiwazaki municipal government officials since Nov. 20 based on his request to learn how to use a computer so he can apply the knowledge in his future job. (Pool photo)

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Chimuras to stay at Hasuikes' home

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (2nd from R) and his wife Fukie (3rd from R), two of the five Japanese now back home after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, were invited to stay at the home of the Hasuikes in Niigata Prefecture on the way back to their home in Fukui Prefecture after a reunion of the five in Niigata Prefecture. (From L to R) are Yukiko Hasuike, her husband Kaoru, and his mother Hatsui. At right is Kaoru's father Hidekazu. (Pool photo)

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Family group presents Hasuikes with financial assistance

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (R), who heads a group of families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, shows Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from L) and his wife Yukiko (L) a foreign newspaper reporting the homecoming of the five Japanese abductees, including the Hasuike couple at their family home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 23. Yokota also presented the Hasuikes with financial assistance. Yokota's wife Sakie sits next to her husband. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes get computer lessons at home

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko (R) receive computer lessons from an unidentified Kasiwagaki city official at their home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 18. The Hasuikes are two of the five Japanese who returned from North Korea on Oct. 15 for the first time since they were abducted to the country in three separate cases in 1978. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes speak about one-month stay in Japan

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko, both abducted by North Korea in 1978, meet reporters in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 14 to speak about their one-month stay in Japan since they returned to their homeland on Oct. 15.

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Niigata Gov. Hirayama visits Hasuike house in Kashiwazaki

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (L) presents a photo album to Kaoru Hasuike (C) and his wife Yukiko, two of five Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea in 1978 now on a homecoming visit, at their house in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 11. The Niigata prefectural government compiled the album featuring photos of the Hasuikes since Sept. 15 when they returned to Japan for the first time in 26 years. (Pool photo)

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Hasuikes receive medical checks

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko (R), a couple abducted by North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, leave Hasuike's home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 8 to receive medical checkups.

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Hasuikes want to see children in Japan

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L), abducted by North Korea in 1978, speaks at a news conference in Kashiwazaki on Nov. 5, accompanied by his elder brother Toru (R). Kaoru, now on a homecoming visit, said he and his wife Yukiko want to meet with their two North Korean-born children as soon as possible in Japan.

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Abe, Nakayama visit Hasuikes in Niigata

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (R) meet with Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from L) and his wife Yukiko, both of whom North Korea abducted in 1978, at Hasuike's home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 5 to brief them on the government policy for normalization talks with North Korea. (Pool photo)

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(CORRECTED)Hasuikes cast ballots in 2nd half of local elections

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru (R) and Yukiko Hasuike, who returned to Japan last year after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, cast their ballots in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on April 27 as voting began nationwide in 391 mayoral and 1,306 municipal assembly elections. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Family group presents Hasuikes with financial assistance

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (R), who heads a group of families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, shows Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from L) and his wife Yukiko (L) a foreign newspaper reporting the homecoming of the five Japanese abductees, including the Hasuike couple at their family home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 23. Yokota also presented the Hasuikes with financial assistance. Yokota's wife Sakie sits next to her husband. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Hasuikes receive medical checks

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko (R), a couple abducted by North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, leave Hasuike's home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 8 to receive medical checkups. (Kyodo)

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Hasuikes want to see children in Japan

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L), abducted by North Korea in 1978, speaks at a news conference in Kashiwazaki on Nov. 5, accompanied by his elder brother Toru (R). Kaoru, now on a homecoming visit, said he and his wife Yukiko want to meet with their two North Korean-born children as soon as possible in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Hasuikes to begin working on April 1

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru (R) and Yukiko Hasuike smile March 25 as they are asked by reporters about the jobs offered to them by the Kashiwazaki city government. Kaoru will be assigned to the city government's public relations department while his wife will work in the children's department. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(2)Hasuikes, Soga leave for hometowns in Niigata Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko wave as they leave a Tokyo hotel with their two children for their hometown in Niigata Prefecture on May 23, one day after they and their children were reunited for the first time in 19 months. (Kyodo)

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5 children of Chimuras, Hasuikes reunited with parents

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (C) greets former Japanese abductees Kaoru and Yukiko Hasuike, and Yasushi and Fukie Chimura, and the couples' sons and daughters at a Tokyo hotel on May 22. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(1)Hasuikes, Soga leave for hometowns in Niigata Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of the five Japanese abductees repatriated from North Korea, leaves a Tokyo hotel May 23 for her hometown in Niigata Prefecture. Soga was unable to reunite with her American husband, Charles Jenkins, 64, and their two daughters because they declined to come to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Chimuras, Hasuikes head to see sons and daughters at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese abductees, Yasushi Chimura (L) and his wife Fukie (2nd from L), Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from R) and his wife Yukiko (R), board a bus to Tokyo's Haneda airport to meet their sons and daughters from Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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Funeral service for U.S. Army deserter Jenkins

Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko arrive at the venue of a funeral service for Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. soldier who deserted to North Korea and married Hitomi Soga there, in Sado, Japan's Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2017. The Hasuikes and Soga were among the five Japanese repatriated in 2002 after being abducted by North Korea in 1978. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daughter, son of Hasuikes to attend college

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Former abductees Kaoru (L) and Yukiko Hasuike give a press conference in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on June 22. They said their son Katsuya, 19, and daughter Shigeyo, 22, will join a college in the fall semester after studying Japanese there. (Kyodo)

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Hasuikes tell how they were abducted to N. Korea 25 years ago

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hauike (L) and his wife Yukiko, who returned to Japan last year from North Korea, speak to reporters in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on July 30 about how they were abducted by North Korean agents from the coast of Kashiwazaki 25 years ago. (Kyodo)

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(2)Emperor, empress welcome Hasuikes home from N. Korea

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru (L) and Yukiko (R) Hasuike tell reporters about their impressions after chatting briefly with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, who visited the Kashiwazaki city hall in Niigata Prefecture on June 13. The Hasuikes, repatriated in October after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, are working at the city office. (Kyodo)

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(1)Emperor, empress welcome Hasuikes home from N. Korea

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave as they leave the Kashiwazaki city hall in Niigata Prefecture on June 13 where they met briefly with Kaoru and Yukiko Hasuike, who were repatriated in October after being abducted to North Korea in 1978. The Hasuikes are working at the city office. (Kyodo)

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(3)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

OBAMA, Japan - Fukie Chimura (R) listens to a briefing on her job assignment from a Fukui Prefectural government official on April 1. She will assist in the issuance of passports for travelers and translating public relations materials into Korean. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(2)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura poses at his desk on the first day of his work at the Obama city government office in Fukui Prefecture on April 1. Assigned to a department in charge of promoting business, Chimura will help in activities related to food, such as the operation of a local food museum. (Pool photo) (Kyoido)

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(1)Hasuikes, Chimuras start working at local gov'ts

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) watches his wife Yukiko receive a letter of appointment from Masazumi Saikawa, mayor of Kashiwazaki, on April 1. The Kashiwazaki city government assigned Kaoru to its public relations department and Yukiko to the children's department. The couple will work on a one-year contract. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Hasuikes arrive in Tokyo for 4-day visit

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (R) and his wife Yukiko (L), who returned to Japan last October after being abducted by North Korea in 1978, arrived in Tokyo from their hometown of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on March 13 for a four-day visit to discuss the abduction issue with lawmakers. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Hasuikes to be employed as temporary city workers

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kashiwazaki Mayor Masazumi Saikawa (R) meets with Kaoru Hasuike (C) and his wife Yukiko (L) at their home in Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture on Feb. 2. The mayor later said the couple will be employed by the Kashiwazaki city government as temporary workers from April. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Hasuikes receive 400 New Year's cards from across Japan

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Toru Hasuike, elder brother of Kaoru Hasuike, one of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea and now back in their homeland, speaks to reporters Jan. 3 about how Kaoru and his wife Yukiko spend their New Year's holiday. Toru said the couple received about 400 New Year's greeting cards from across Japan. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Hasuikes visit shrine on New Year's Day

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko, two of the five Japanese who were abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, visit a shrine in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 1. The couple said they prayed each for an early reunion in Japan with their children still in North Korea.(Pool photo)(Kyodo)