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Son of missing Ishikawa man sues N. Korean agent

KANAZAWA, Japan - Akio Terakoshi (R), a resident of Ishikawa Prefecture whose father disappeared while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963, filed a criminal complaint with the Ishikawa prefectural police on Nov. 27 against a North Korean agent who he says murdered his father and abandoned the body.

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Japanese woman returns from visit to son in N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi speaks to reporters at Niigata airport on March 13 after returning from a weeklong visit to North Korea to see her son Takeshi. Tomoe visited her 53-year-old son, who went missing while fishing in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang, during her 17th visit to North Korea.

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Terakoshi leaves Japan, bids farewell to mother

NARITA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (L), a Japanese who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in the early 1960s and has since lived in North Korea, shakes hands with his 71-year-old mother, Tomoe, before leaving Narita airport on the afternoon of Oct. 12 for North Korea after his first homecoming visit to Japan in 39 years. Terakoshi, 53, who disappeared from the Sea of Japan 39 years ago as a boy and is now a resident of Pyongyang, bid farewell in Japanese, saying, ''Mother, take care.'' (Kyodo News)

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Terakoshi glad he could show mother self as grown man in Japan

TOKYO, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Takeshi Terakoshi, who returned to Japan from North Korea since going missing in 1963 at age 13, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 10. was that he was able to show his mother in his homeland how he has grown into a man. He said, ''The best thing was that I was able to have my mother see me, having proudly grown up in the republic (North Korea) as a result of the love and trust of General Secretary Kim Jong Il.'' He goes by the Korean name of Kim Yong Ho.

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Kin ask Foreign Ministry to look into case of Terakoshi trio

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Terakoshi (R), son of Shoji Terakoshi who went missing at sea with his nephew Takeshi and brother Sotoo in 1963, gives Akitaka Saiki, deputy director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, a written statement at the ministry Oct. 11 asking the ministry to investigate how the three disappeared and how Shoji and Sotoo died, reportedly in the North.

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Terakoshi ends stay in home Ishikawa Pref.

KANAZAWA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (C), on his first visit to Japan from North Korea since he disappeared 39 years ago, bids farewell to relatives Oct. 9 before leaving Komatsu airport for Tokyo en route to Pyongyang. Terakoshi, vice chairman of a labor organization in the North Korean capital, arrived in Japan as part of a five-member labor delegation from the country.

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Terakoshi visits family grave in Japan

HAKUI, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (R), on a homecoming visit from North Korea for the first time since he disappeared 39 years ago, and his mother Tomoe visit their family grave in Ishikawa Prefecture on Oct. 7.

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Terakoshi goes shopping in his native Ishikawa Prefecture

KANAZAWA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (R) and his mother Tomoe shop at a men's clothing store in Ishikawa Prefecture on Oct. 5. He returned to Japan for a temporary visit after 39 years living in North Korea. He went missing in 1963 while fishing in the Sea of Japan.

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Japanese man visits hometown after 39 years in N. Korea

KANAZAWA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi, a Japanese man who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan 39 years ago and has since lived in North Korea, is presented with flowers by his kin on arrival for a visit to his hometown in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast on Oct. 4. Accompanying him is his 71-year-old mother Tomoe.

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(2)Terakoshi returns to Japan after 39 yrs in N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (L) holds his mother's hand at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 3 on his first return to Japan after 39 years of living in North Korea. The native of Ishikawa Prefecture went missing in 1963 while fishing in the Sea of Japan and returned to Japan for a temporary visit.

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Terakoshi returns to Japan after 39 yrs in N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (L) is greeted by his mother Tomoe Terakoshi (C) at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 3 on his first return to Japan in 39 years from North Korea. Terakoshi went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and has since lived in N. Korea.

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Terakoshi meets ex-premier Mori in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Takeshi Terakoshi (R), a Japanese man living in North Korea who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in the early 1960s, meets former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) in Beijing on Oct. 2. Terakoshi is scheduled to arrive in Japan Oct. 3 for a temporary visit.

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Japanese man in N. Korea arrives in Beijing on way home

BEIJING, China - Takeshi Terakoshi, a Japanese man living in North Korea who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in the early 1960s, is surrounded by reporters at Beijing Capital International Airport on Oct. 1 after arriving there from Pyongyang on his way home to Japan, his first homecoming in 39 years.

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Japanese son in N. Korea may return soon: Mori says

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Tomoe Terakoshi (R), come out of a Tokyo hotel after their meeting Sept. 4. Mori said that Teranishi's son, Terakoshi, 52, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang, may return for a visit to Japan by the end of the month as a member of a North Korean labor union delegation.

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Japanese woman returns from reunion with son in N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi returns to Niigata port on a freighter from North Korea on Sept. 4 after a reunion with her son Takeshi, 52, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang.

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(1)Japanese woman leaves for N. Korea to see son

NIIGATA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi speaks to reporters before she leaves the port of Niigata on a freighter Aug. 21 for North Korea to see her son Takeshi Terakoshi, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang.

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(2)Japanese woman leaves for N. Korea to see son

NIIGATA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi (2nd from L) waves a handkerchief at her relatives as she leaves the port of Niigata on a freighter Aug. 21 for North Korea to see her son Takeshi Terakoshi, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang.

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Japanese woman leaves for N. Korea to see son

KANAZAWA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi leaves her Kanazawa home Aug. 20 for North Korea to see her son Takeshi, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang.

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Japanese man in N. Korea planning visit to Japan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Takeshi Terakoshi is surrounded by Japanese reporters at Pyongyang hotel Aug. 19 after meeting with Japanese Red Cross Society officials. Terakoshi, who disappeared while fishing in the Sea of Japan in May 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang, told the reporters, ''I plan to return home.''

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Japanese woman leaves for N. Korea to see son

KANAZAWA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi leaves her Kanazawa home Aug. 20 for North Korea to see her son Takeshi, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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Japanese woman returns from visit to son in N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi speaks to reporters at Niigata airport on March 13 after returning from a weeklong visit to North Korea to see her son Takeshi. Tomoe visited her 53-year-old son, who went missing while fishing in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang, during her 17th visit to North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Terakoshi returns to Japan after 39 yrs in N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (L) is greeted by his mother Tomoe Terakoshi (C) at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 3 on his first return to Japan in 39 years from North Korea. Terakoshi went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and has since lived in N. Korea. (Kyodo)

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Terakoshi meets ex-premier Mori in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Takeshi Terakoshi (R), a Japanese man living in North Korea who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in the early 1960s, meets former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) in Beijing on Oct. 2. Terakoshi is scheduled to arrive in Japan Oct. 3 for a temporary visit. (Kyodo)

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Japanese man in N. Korea arrives in Beijing on way home

BEIJING, China - Takeshi Terakoshi, a Japanese man living in North Korea who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in the early 1960s, is surrounded by reporters at Beijing Capital International Airport on Oct. 1 after arriving there from Pyongyang on his way home to Japan, his first homecoming in 39 years. (Kyodo)

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Terakoshi leaves Japan, bids farewell to mother

NARITA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (L), a Japanese who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in the early 1960s and has since lived in North Korea, shakes hands with his 71-year-old mother, Tomoe, before leaving Narita airport on the afternoon of Oct. 12 for North Korea after his first homecoming visit to Japan in 39 years. Terakoshi, 53, who disappeared from the Sea of Japan 39 years ago as a boy and is now a resident of Pyongyang, bid farewell in Japanese, saying, ''Mother, take care.'' (Kyodo News)

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(2)Japanese woman leaves for N. Korea to see son

NIIGATA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi (2nd from L) waves a handkerchief at her relatives as she leaves the port of Niigata on a freighter Aug. 21 for North Korea to see her son Takeshi Terakoshi, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japanese woman leaves for N. Korea to see son

NIIGATA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi speaks to reporters before she leaves the port of Niigata on a freighter Aug. 21 for North Korea to see her son Takeshi Terakoshi, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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Son of missing Ishikawa man sues N. Korean agent

KANAZAWA, Japan - Akio Terakoshi (R), a resident of Ishikawa Prefecture whose father disappeared while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963, filed a criminal complaint with the Ishikawa prefectural police on Nov. 27 against a North Korean agent who he says murdered his father and abandoned the body. (Kyodo)

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Terakoshi glad he could show mother self as grown man in Japan

TOKYO, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Takeshi Terakoshi, who returned to Japan from North Korea since going missing in 1963 at age 13, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 10. was that he was able to show his mother in his homeland how he has grown into a man. He said, ''The best thing was that I was able to have my mother see me, having proudly grown up in the republic (North Korea) as a result of the love and trust of General Secretary Kim Jong Il.'' He goes by the Korean name of Kim Yong Ho. (Kyodo)

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Kin ask Foreign Ministry to look into case of Terakoshi trio

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Terakoshi (R), son of Shoji Terakoshi who went missing at sea with his nephew Takeshi and brother Sotoo in 1963, gives Akitaka Saiki, deputy director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, a written statement at the ministry Oct. 11 asking the ministry to investigate how the three disappeared and how Shoji and Sotoo died, reportedly in the North. (Kyodo)

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Terakoshi ends stay in home Ishikawa Pref.

KANAZAWA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (C), on his first visit to Japan from North Korea since he disappeared 39 years ago, bids farewell to relatives Oct. 9 before leaving Komatsu airport for Tokyo en route to Pyongyang. Terakoshi, vice chairman of a labor organization in the North Korean capital, arrived in Japan as part of a five-member labor delegation from the country. (Kyodo)

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Terakoshi visits family grave in Japan

HAKUI, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (R), on a homecoming visit from North Korea for the first time since he disappeared 39 years ago, and his mother Tomoe visit their family grave in Ishikawa Prefecture on Oct. 7. (Kyodo)

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Terakoshi goes shopping in his native Ishikawa Prefecture

KANAZAWA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (R) and his mother Tomoe shop at a men's clothing store in Ishikawa Prefecture on Oct. 5. He returned to Japan for a temporary visit after 39 years living in North Korea. He went missing in 1963 while fishing in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Japanese man visits hometown after 39 years in N. Korea

KANAZAWA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi, a Japanese man who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan 39 years ago and has since lived in North Korea, is presented with flowers by his kin on arrival for a visit to his hometown in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast on Oct. 4. Accompanying him is his 71-year-old mother Tomoe. (Kyodo)

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(2)Terakoshi returns to Japan after 39 yrs in N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - Takeshi Terakoshi (L) holds his mother's hand at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 3 on his first return to Japan after 39 years of living in North Korea. The native of Ishikawa Prefecture went missing in 1963 while fishing in the Sea of Japan and returned to Japan for a temporary visit. (Kyodo)

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Japanese woman returns from reunion with son in N. Korea

NIIGATA, Japan - Tomoe Terakoshi returns to Niigata port on a freighter from North Korea on Sept. 4 after a reunion with her son Takeshi, 52, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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Japanese son in N. Korea may return soon: Mori says

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and Tomoe Terakoshi (R), come out of a Tokyo hotel after their meeting Sept. 4. Mori said that Teranishi's son, Terakoshi, 52, who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang, may return for a visit to Japan by the end of the month as a member of a North Korean labor union delegation. (Kyodo)

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Japanese man in N. Korea planning visit to Japan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Takeshi Terakoshi is surrounded by Japanese reporters at Pyongyang hotel Aug. 19 after meeting with Japanese Red Cross Society officials. Terakoshi, who disappeared while fishing in the Sea of Japan in May 1963 and now lives in Pyongyang, told the reporters, ''I plan to return home.'' (Kyodo)