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Philippines: Fire Erupts In Parking Area At Manila Airport Burning Several Vehicles

A fire broke out in a carpark at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Monday afternoon, April 22. The blaze occurred in the extension parking of the airport's Terminal 3, burning several vehicles. This is a developing story.

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Candles form "Bond" on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - Candles are placed in the shape of "1.17," "Kizuna" (Bond) and "3.11" at Mano Elementary School in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The disaster devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people.

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"1.17" formed with candles on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - People light candles to form the shapes of "1.17" and "Kizuna" (Bond) at Mano Elementary School in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people.

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(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.

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(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.

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(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.

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(1)Soga wants her family to live together in Japan

SADO, Japan - Repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga speaks at a press conference in Mano on Sato Island, Niigata Prefecture, on July 6. Soga, set to be reunited in Indonesia on July 9 with members of her family who live in North Korea, said she eventually wants to live with her husband and their two daughters in Japan.

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Sompo Japan Vice President Murase to head Social Insurance Agency

TOKYO, Japan - Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. Vice President Kiyoshi Murase (in undated file photo) has been named as commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, making him the first from a private firm to head the auxiliary body of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. Murase, 57, will replace Akira Mano, who will retire.

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(2)Soga wants her family to live together in Japan

SADO, Japan - Repatriated Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga speaks at a press conference in Mano on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture on July 6. ''In the very end, I strongly feel that I want the four of us to live together here in Japan,'' Soga said of her scheduled reunion with members of her family in Jakarta on July 9.

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Soga meets Niigata governor

MANO, Japan - Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga, who is to be reunited with her family in Indonesia, meets Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama at the Mano branch of Sado municipal office on July 5.

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Soga happy over proposed reunion with family in Indonesia

SADO, Japan - Former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga smiles outside the Sado city government's Mano branch in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on July 2, a day after Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun agreed in Jakarta to arrange a reunion in Indonesia with members of her family living in North Korea.

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Soga helps doctor during vaccination

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (C), a repatriated Japanese abductee, helps a doctor vaccinate a baby in Sado, Niigaga Prefecture, on May 27.

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Soga resumes work in Sado

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, a repatriated Japanese abductee, resumed work May 26 at the town office in Mano, Niigata Prefecture, after returning home from Tokyo. She was unable to meet her husband, Charles Jenkins, and their two daughters after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Soga gets photos and video of her children in N. Korea

SADO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of the five Japanese abducted by North Korea who returned to Japan last year, speaks to reporters at the town hall in Mano, Niigata Prefecture, about her impressions of a videotape and photographs of her two daughters in North Korea, which she received from a nongovernmental organization.

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(3)5 ex-N. Korea abductees cast votes in election

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga cast her ballot in the House of Representatives election in Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 9. She is among five Japanese abducted by North Korea who returned to Japan last year. (Pool photo)

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Soga expresses anxiety after living year alone in Japan

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese North Korea abducted in 1978 who returned to Japan just a year ago, speaks to reporters in her hometown of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 15.

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Soga encouraged by supporters

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (C), abducted to North Korea 25 years ago and repatriated to Japan last October, is encouraged by a group of people helping abductees in Mano, Niigata Prefecture on Aug. 12, the anniversary of her abduction.

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(2)Former abductees discuss letters from children

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, abducted to North Korea 25 years ago and repatriated to Japan last October, gives a news conference Aug. 3 in Mano, Niigata Prefecture, after receiving a letter from her daughter in North Korea. She said her daughter asked her to return to the North soon.

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Soga worried about family in N. Korea

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese repatriated last October after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, speaks at the town hall in her hometown of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture on April 14, six months since returning to Japan. She said she is worried about her family in North Korea. (Pool photo)

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Soga receives donations from abductees support group

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of five Japanese repatriated in October 2002 after being kidnapped to North Korea in 1978, receives donations on April 12 from Harunori Kojima (R), of a support group for abductees in Niigata Prefecture, at the town hall in her hometown of Mano, Niigata.

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Soga starts training to become nursing-care assistant

MANO, Japan - Former North Korean abductee Hitomi Soga starts training Jan. 25 in her hometown of Mano, Niigata Prefecture, to become a nursing-care assistant. (Pool photo)

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Soga visits child-care center in job search

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and repatriated in October 2002, visits a child-care center where she may be employed on Jan. 22. She went to the center as a child, although it was located elsewhere. (Pool photo)

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Soga visits hometown nursing home to prepare for job hunt

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted by North Korea in 1978 but repatriated last October, helps a woman in a wheelchair during her visit to a nursing home for the elderly in Mano, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 21. Soga made the visit to prepare for possibly working as a caretaker. (Pool photo)

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Soga glad to get letter from family in N. Korea

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 who returned to Japan in October last year, speaks to reporters in her hometown of Mano on Niigata Prefecture's Sadogashima Island on Jan. 17 about a letter from her family in North Korea. (Pool photo)

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Soga to attend workshop for nursing helper training

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese back in Japan after being abducted by North Korea in 1978, visits the Mano town hall on Sadogashima Island on Jan. 7 for consultations on her plans. She said she will train as a nursing helper later this month.

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Soga prays for reunion with husband, children

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, answers questions from reporters in her hometown of Mano, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 1 after visiting a nearby shrine to pray for an early reunion in Japan with her husband and children still in North Korea. (Pool photo)

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Soga believes mother still alive and waiting to meet

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, reads out a statement at a news conference at the office of the Mano municipal government on the Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 28. In the statement she said she believes her missing mother, also believed to have been abducted, is still alive and is waiting to meet with her again. (Pool photo)

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Soga moves out of father's house to live on her own

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea who has been living with her father in the town of Mano, Niigata Prefecture, carries a box as she moves out of her father's house on Dec. 22 to start living by herself in a rented house in the same town.

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Soga gives birthday gift to father

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R), one of five abductees now back in Japan, hands her father Shigeru a sweater as his birthday gift at their home in the town of Mano, Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 21. (Pool photo)

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Soga writes thank-you notes to supporters

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea and now back in Japan, writes thank-you notes at the town hall in Mano, Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 11. She thanked those who sent her letters of encouragement and gifts in a show of support. (Pool photo)

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Soga visits neighbors to thank them for support

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of five Japanese abducted to North Korea and now back in Japan, visits her neighbors in her hometown of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 7 to thank them for their support since her return to Japan nearly two months ago. (Pool photo)

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(1)Soga believes family in N. Korea worried about her

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 but currently back in Japan, speaks at a news conference in her hometown of Mano, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 15. Soga said she thinks her family in the North are worried about her extended stay in Japan.

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(3)Soga believes family in N. Korea worried about her

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 but currently back in Japan, shops at a supermarket in her hometown of Mano, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 15. (Pool photo)

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(2)Soga believes family in N. Korea worried about her

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 but currently back in Japan, prepares to bake bread for his father at her hometown of Mano, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 15. (Pool photo)

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Niigata Gov. Hirayama visits Soga

MANO, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama (L) shows a photo album to Hitomi Soga(R), who was abducted by North Korea in 1978, during his visit to her house in Mano in Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 11. (Pool photo)

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(2)Soga gets her name back in resident registry

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 and is now back in Japan, shows a national health insurance certificate she obtained from the town office of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 7. She had her name reentered in her hometown's resident registry, from which she had been removed as a missing person. (Pool photo)

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(1)Soga gets her name back in resident registry

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 and is now in Japan, hands papers to an official at the town office of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture Nov. 7 to have her name reentered in her hometown's resident registry. She had been removed from the register as a missing person. (Pool photo)

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(3)Abe, Nakayama meet Hitomi Soga

MANO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe fields questions from reporters Nov. 6 after meeting with Hitomi Soga, abducted to North Korea in 1978 and currently visiting Japan, at her family home in Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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(2)Abe, Nakayama meet Hitomi Soga

MANO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) and Cabinet Secretariat special adviser Kyoko Nakayama (L) sit down with Hitomi Soga (2nd from R), abducted to North Korea in 1978 and now visiting Japan, her father Shigeru (3rd from R) and younger sister Tomiko Kaneko (R) at her family home in Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 6. (Pool photo)

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(1)Abe, Nakayama meet Hitomi Soga

MANO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (L) is greeted by Hitomi Soga (R), abducted to North Korea in 1978 and currently visiting Japan, and her father Shigeru (2nd from R) as he arrives at her family home in Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 6. (Pool photo)

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No remarks from Soga on U.S. refusal to exempt husband

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of the five Japanese abducted to North Korea in 1978 now on a homecoming visit, lays flowers at her family grave on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 1. Soga did not reveal to her family her thoughts after hearing news that her American husband Charles Robert Jenkins in the North may face a U.S. court-martial if he visits Japan, her sister Tomiko said. (Pool photo)

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Soga wants to consult spouse on permanent return to Japan

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of five Japanese abducted by North Korea in 1978 and currently visiting Japan, tells Mayor Koichiro Takano (R) of her hometown of Mano in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 24 that she wants to go back to Pyongyang to consult her American husband about returning permanently to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Soga visits hospital where she used to work

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, who is on her first visit in 24 years to her hometown of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture, poses with a nurse's cap at a hospital in the town of Kanai on the island on Oct. 23. Soga used to work at the hospital before being abducted to North Korea in 1978.

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Soga's family trying to restore her name in registry

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), who returned to her home in the town of Mano on Sadogashima Island in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, and her farther Shigeru look at photos of her elementary school graduation ceremony at her home on Oct. 22. Soga's family is making arrangements to restore her name in their family registry. (Pool photo)

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Soga attends school reunion

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (C) smiles at a reunion of her elementary and junior high school classmates in the town of Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 21. Soga returned to her hometown on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted by North Korean agents in 1978. (Pool photo)

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(1)Abductees visit relatives, graves

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga bows in front of her family's grave in the town of Mano in Niigata Prefecture's island of Sadogashima on Oct. 18, one day after she returned to the town for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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(4)Abductees visit relatives, graves

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), along with her sister Tomiko Kaneko (C), prays at her family's grave in the town of Mano in Niigata Prefecture's island of Sadogashima on Oct. 18. Soga returned her hometown on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea. (Pool photo)

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(4)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of the five Japanese abductees who returned from North Korea for a temporary visit, is reunited with her father Shigeru at his home in Mano on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17. (Pool photo)

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(1)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (R), one of the five Japanese abductees who returned to Japan from North Korea for a temporary visit, hugs a friend on arriving at her hometown in Mano on Sadojima Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17.

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(3)5 returnees head to hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga, one of five Japanese who returned to Japan on Oct. 15 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, waves at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 17 ahead of her departure for her hometown of Mano in Niigata Prefecture.