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Obama city receives letter from U.S. presidential hopeful Obama

OBAMA, Japan - An official of the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, shows a letter addressed to Mayor Toshio Murakami from U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama at city hall on March 4. Many people in the small coastal city in central Japan are supporting the U.S. senator's bid for the White House as he shares the same name. The senator thanked the city for its support in the letter.

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(3)Abductees enjoy their homecoming

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (R) receives flowers from one of his former classmates at a meeting of his primary school alumni association in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 20. Classmates arranged the meeting to celebrate Chimura's first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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(7) Abductees spend time in hometown

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (2nd from L) and his wife Fukie Hamamoto visit with the head of a local support group for Japanese abductees in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 19. They are among five Japanese on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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(3)Abductees spend their time in hometown

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (C) enjoys chatting with his former classmates at his home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 18. It was their first reunion since Chimura was abducted to North Korea in July 1978. Chimura indicated he hopes to return to Japan after going back to North Korea. (Pool photo)

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(3)Abductees visit relatives, graves

OBAMA, Japan - Fukie Hamamoto (R) and Yasushi Chimura (2nd from R) head for the grave of Chimura's mother Toshiko, who died at age 74 in April, in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 18. The couple, who got married in North Korea in 1979, returned to their homes in Obama on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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(2)Abductees visit relatives, graves

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (2nd from R) prays at the grave of his mother Toshiko, who died at age 74 in April, in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 18. Chimura, along with Fukie Hamamoto to whom Chimura got married in 1979 in North Korea, returned to their homes in Obama on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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(7)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (R), who was abducted to North Korea, dines with his father Tamotsu (L) and relatives at his family's home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 17 during a temporary visit to Japan. (Pool photo)

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(9)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

OBAMA, Japan - Fukie Hamamoto (2nd from L), abducted to North Korea in 1978, enjoys hot-pot foods at her family's home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 17, two days after returning to Japan for a temporary visit. (Pool photo)

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(6)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura, who was abducted to North Korea, reports of his homecoming to his deceased mother at a Buddhist altar at his family's home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 17 during a temporary visit to Japan. (Pool photo)