Freed engineer expresses joy over reunion with wife

Freed engineer expresses joy over reunion with wife

TOKYO, Japan - Takeo Mashimo (R), a Japanese engineer who was abducted in Yemen, gives a press conference at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 27, 2009. ''Joy welled up in my heart,'' Mashimo said, recalling the moment when he was reunited with his wife Kyoko (L).

Family members of the abducted engineer feel relieved

Family members of the abducted engineer feel relieved

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Mashimo (L) speaks to reporters in front of her house in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2009, after her husband Takeo, who had been kidnapped in Yemen on Nov. 15, was freed, with her son Gen standing next to her. Takeo Mashimo, a 63-year-old engineer, and his Yemeni driver were seized by armed tribesmen while traveling to the town of Arhab, several dozen kilometers north of the capital Sanaa.

Family members of the abducted engineer feel relieved

Family members of the abducted engineer feel relieved

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Mashimo (L) speaks to reporters in front of her house in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2009, after her husband Takeo, who had been kidnapped in Yemen on Nov. 15, was freed, with her son Gen standing next to her. Takeo Mashimo, a 63-year-old engineer, and his Yemeni driver were seized by armed tribesmen while traveling to the town of Arhab, several dozen kilometers north of the capital Sanaa. (Kyodo)

Freed engineer expresses joy over reunion with wife

Freed engineer expresses joy over reunion with wife

TOKYO, Japan - Takeo Mashimo (R), a Japanese engineer who was abducted in Yemen, gives a press conference at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 27, 2009. ''Joy welled up in my heart,'' Mashimo said, recalling the moment when he was reunited with his wife Kyoko (L). (Kyodo)