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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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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 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 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 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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(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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(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)