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Ex-abductee Hasuike wins nonfiction award

TOKYO, Japan - Repatriated abductee Kaoru Hasuike (file photo) won an award Aug. 27, 2009, for a nonfiction work that features his experience of being abducted to North Korea and living in the reclusive country. Hasuike went missing along with his girlfriend, Yukiko Okudo, in Niigata Prefecture in July 1978, and returned to Japan in October 2002 with Okudo, to whom he got married in North Korea, after Pyongyang admitted to past abductions of Japanese citizens.

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(6)Japan, N. Korea resume normalization talks

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kazuo Okudo, who had his daughter Yukiko abducted by North Korea in 1978, watches TV newscast reporting on the resumption of Japan-North Korea talks on normalization of relations in Kuala Lumpur at his home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 29. (Pool photo)

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Hasuike, Okudo register marriage at city office

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko Okudo look at their seals as they register their marriage at the city office of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 25. Hasuike and Okudo married in North Korea in May 1980 after being abducted by North Korean agents in July 1978. (Pool photo)

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Hasuike, Okudo enjoy hot spring

MYOKOKOGEN, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (R) and his wife Yukiko Okudo bathe their feet at Akakura hot spring in the town of Myokokogen in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 23. The couple, abducted to North Korea in 1978, arrived in Japan Oct. 15 for a visit.

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Hasuike, Okudo relax at hot-spring resort

MYOKOKOGEN, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko Okudo raise their glasses in a toast during dinner at an inn at Akakura hot spring in the town of Myokokogen in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 22. The couple, who returned to their hometown in Kashihazai in the prefecture on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, visited the resort with their families. (Pool photo)

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Hasuike, Okudo visit hot spring

AKAKURA, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (R) and his wife Yukiko Okudo (2nd from R), who were abducted to North Korea in 1978, visit the Akakura hot spring in the town of Myokokogen in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 22 during their visit to Japan.

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(2)Abductees enjoy their homecoming

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yukiko Okudo pours water on her family grave following Japanese tradition as her husband, Kaoru Hasuike, looks on. They visited the grave Oct. 20 to pray and inform their ancestors of their marriage and homecoming.

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(1)Abductees enjoy their homecoming

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (C), accompanied by his wife Yukiko Okudo (L), is greeted by his father-in-law, Kazuo (R), as he arrives to visit the Okudo family in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 20. Hasuike and Okudo married after being abducted to North Korea in 1978. The banner behind reads, ''Welcome home, Yukiko Okudo.''

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Abductees receive passports in hometown

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (L) and her husband Kaoru Hasuike receive Japanese passports on Oct. 19 at Hasuike's house in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture. The two are among five Japanese on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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(1)Abductees spend their time in hometown

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko Okudo lay flowers at the grave of Hasuike's grandfather in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 19. His grandfather died in July 1981, about three years after the two were abducted to North Korea. (Pool photo)

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(8)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (L), who was abducted to North Korea, smiles while being served her favorite sushi at her family's home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17 during a temporary visit to Japan. (Pool photo)

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(3)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L, foreground) and his wife Yukiko Okudo (R, forefront), who were abducted to North Korea, are welcomed by local people after arriving at their hometown in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17 during a temporary visit to Japan.

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(2)5 returnees head to hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from R) and Yukiko Okudo (3rd from R) arrive at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 17 to board a Shinkansen bullet train to their hometowns in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture. Hasuike and Okudo, along with three other Japanese nationals, returned to Japan on Oct. 15 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978.

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(6)Abductees glad to be in homeland

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (2nd from L) and Kaoru Hasuike (3rd from L) are seated at a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel, flanked by Okudo's father Kazuo (L) and Hasuike's mother Hatsui (R). Okudo and Hasuike married in North Korea. ''I am happy to meet all of you. Thank you very much,'' a smiling Hamamoto said before handing the microphone over to her husband.

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(2)Abductees glad to be in homeland

TOKYO, Japan - Five abductees who returned from North Korea for temporary homecoming give short speeches at a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 15. (From L to R) Kaoru Hasuike, Yukiko Okudo, Yasushi Chimura, Fukie Hamamoto and Hitomi Soga.

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(3)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike, 45, was abducted by North Korea on July 31, 1978, along with his girlfriend Yukiko Okudo. They married in 1980 and has a son.

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(4)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo, 46, was abducted by North Korea on July 31, 1978 with Kaoru Hasuike. They married in 1980. Their son, Pak Ki Hyok, is a student at a computer college.

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(5)Abductees, kin embrace after 24 years

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (L) walks down the stairs on arrival at Haneda airport from Pyongyang on Oct. 15 with Kaoru Hasuike (R) whom she married in North Korea.

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(1)Abductees, kin embrace after 24 years

TOKYO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (top), Yukiko Okudo (L 2nd row), Kaoru Hasuike (R 2nd row), Fukie Hamamoto (C low) and Yasushi Chimura (R low) walk down the stairs at Haneda airport after a flight from Pyongyang on Oct. 15.

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(4)5 abductees to N. Korea reunited with families

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (C) smiles at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 15 after arriving, along with four other Japanese abductees to North Korea, for a temporary homecoming. Okudo, 46, was abducted by North Korea in July 1978.

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(3)Joy, doubt grip kin of 5 abductees on news of homecoming

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kazuo Okudo, father of Yukiko Okudo who was abducted to North Korea, meets reporters in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 9 after he was informed of Yukiko's temporary homecoming.

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(1)Five surviving abductees to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show Yasushi Chimura (upper L), Fukie Hamamoto (upper R), Yukiko Okudo (lower L) and Hitomi Soga (lower R), who have lived in North Korea since being abducted to the country and are due to arrive at Narita airport on Oct. 15 for a temporary visit to Japan.

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(1)4 abductees confirmed alive

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show three persons who were abducted by North Korea and confirmed alive at the summit talks between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Sept. 17. (From L to R) Fukie Hamamoto, Yukiko Okudo and Yasushi Chimura.

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(3)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike, 45, was abducted by North Korea on July 31, 1978, along with his girlfriend Yukiko Okudo. They married in 1980 and has a son. (Kyodo)

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Hasuike, Okudo register marriage at city office

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko Okudo look at their seals as they register their marriage at the city office of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 25. Hasuike and Okudo married in North Korea in May 1980 after being abducted by North Korean agents in July 1978. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(3)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L, foreground) and his wife Yukiko Okudo (R, forefront), who were abducted to North Korea, are welcomed by local people after arriving at their hometown in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17 during a temporary visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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(6)Japan, N. Korea resume normalization talks

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kazuo Okudo, who had his daughter Yukiko abducted by North Korea in 1978, watches TV newscast reporting on the resumption of Japan-North Korea talks on normalization of relations in Kuala Lumpur at his home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 29. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Hasuike, Okudo relax at hot-spring resort

MYOKOKOGEN, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko Okudo raise their glasses in a toast during dinner at an inn at Akakura hot spring in the town of Myokokogen in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 22. The couple, who returned to their hometown in Kashihazai in the prefecture on Oct. 17 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, visited the resort with their families. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(2)Abductees enjoy their homecoming

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yukiko Okudo pours water on her family grave following Japanese tradition as her husband, Kaoru Hasuike, looks on. They visited the grave Oct. 20 to pray and inform their ancestors of their marriage and homecoming. (Kyodo)

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(4)Five abductees, now and 24 years ago

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo, 46, was abducted by North Korea on July 31, 1978 with Kaoru Hasuike. They married in 1980. Their son, Pak Ki Hyok, is a student at a computer college. (Kyodo)

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(6)Abductees glad to be in homeland

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (2nd from L) and Kaoru Hasuike (3rd from L) are seated at a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel, flanked by Okudo's father Kazuo (L) and Hasuike's mother Hatsui (R). Okudo and Hasuike married in North Korea. ''I am happy to meet all of you. Thank you very much,'' a smiling Hamamoto said before handing the microphone over to her husband. (Kyodo)

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Ex-abductee Hasuike wins nonfiction award

TOKYO, Japan - Repatriated abductee Kaoru Hasuike (file photo) won an award Aug. 27, 2009, for a nonfiction work that features his experience of being abducted to North Korea and living in the reclusive country. Hasuike went missing along with his girlfriend, Yukiko Okudo, in Niigata Prefecture in July 1978, and returned to Japan in October 2002 with Okudo, to whom he got married in North Korea, after Pyongyang admitted to past abductions of Japanese citizens. (Kyodo)

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Hasuike, Okudo visit hot spring

AKAKURA, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (R) and his wife Yukiko Okudo (2nd from R), who were abducted to North Korea in 1978, visit the Akakura hot spring in the town of Myokokogen in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 22 during their visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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(1)Abductees enjoy their homecoming

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (C), accompanied by his wife Yukiko Okudo (L), is greeted by his father-in-law, Kazuo (R), as he arrives to visit the Okudo family in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 20. Hasuike and Okudo married after being abducted to North Korea in 1978. The banner behind reads, ''Welcome home, Yukiko Okudo.'' (Kyodo)

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Abductees receive passports in hometown

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (L) and her husband Kaoru Hasuike receive Japanese passports on Oct. 19 at Hasuike's house in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture. The two are among five Japanese on their first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(1)Abductees spend their time in hometown

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko Okudo lay flowers at the grave of Hasuike's grandfather in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 19. His grandfather died in July 1981, about three years after the two were abducted to North Korea. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(8)5 returnees arrive in hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (L), who was abducted to North Korea, smiles while being served her favorite sushi at her family's home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 17 during a temporary visit to Japan. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(2)5 returnees head to hometowns in Fukui, Niigata

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (2nd from R) and Yukiko Okudo (3rd from R) arrive at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 17 to board a Shinkansen bullet train to their hometowns in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture. Hasuike and Okudo, along with three other Japanese nationals, returned to Japan on Oct. 15 for the first time since being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Kyodo)

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(4)5 abductees to N. Korea reunited with families

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (C) smiles at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 15 after arriving, along with four other Japanese abductees to North Korea, for a temporary homecoming. Okudo, 46, was abducted by North Korea in July 1978. (Kyodo)

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(2)Abductees glad to be in homeland

TOKYO, Japan - Five abductees who returned from North Korea for temporary homecoming give short speeches at a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 15. (From L to R) Kaoru Hasuike, Yukiko Okudo, Yasushi Chimura, Fukie Hamamoto and Hitomi Soga. (Kyodo)

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(3)Joy, doubt grip kin of 5 abductees on news of homecoming

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Kazuo Okudo, father of Yukiko Okudo who was abducted to North Korea, meets reporters in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 9 after he was informed of Yukiko's temporary homecoming. (Kyodo)

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(1)Five surviving abductees to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show Yasushi Chimura (upper L), Fukie Hamamoto (upper R), Yukiko Okudo (lower L) and Hitomi Soga (lower R), who have lived in North Korea since being abducted to the country and are due to arrive at Narita airport on Oct. 15 for a temporary visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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(1)4 abductees confirmed alive

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show three persons who were abducted by North Korea and confirmed alive at the summit talks between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Sept. 17. (From L to R) Fukie Hamamoto, Yukiko Okudo and Yasushi Chimura. (Kyodo)