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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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Abductee Chimura becomes regular employee of Obama city

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (R), an abductee repatriated from North Korea, receives from Toshio Murakami (L), the mayor of Obama in Fukui Prefecture, the certification of his appointment as a planning official in the city's tourism and international exchange section in a ceremony at city hall on April 3.

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Ex-abductee Chimura serves as Japanese-Korean interpreter

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (R), who was abducted by North Korea in 1978 and repatriated to Japan in 2002, serves as a Japanese-Korean interpreter for the first time in a public event in Obama, Fukui Prefecture on Oct. 11. Working for his employer, Obama Mayor Toshio Murakami, the 48-year-old Chimura translated his address to roughly 90 participants in a gathering on Japan-Korea friendship.

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Obama mayor reads poem by abductee's brother at ceremony

OBAMA, Japan - Toshio Murakami (on rostrum), mayor of Obama, home to Yasushi Chimura and his wife Fukie, reads a poem written by Fukie's brother Yuko Hamamoto on Jan. 12 at a coming-of-age ceremony in the Fukui Prefecture city. The Chimuras are back in Japan after being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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Chimuras meet Obama mayor to discuss job hunt

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (C) and his wife Fukie (R), two of the five Japanese abducted by North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, meet Toshio Murakami, mayor of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 7 to discuss the possibility of Chimura working at the municipal office. (Pool photo)

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Chimuras meet Obama mayor to discuss job hunt

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (C) and his wife Fukie (R), two of the five Japanese abducted by North Korea in 1978 and now back in Japan, meet Toshio Murakami, mayor of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 7 to discuss the possibility of Chimura working at the municipal office. (Kyodo)

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Abductee Chimura becomes regular employee of Obama city

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (R), an abductee repatriated from North Korea, receives from Toshio Murakami (L), the mayor of Obama in Fukui Prefecture, the certification of his appointment as a planning official in the city's tourism and international exchange section in a ceremony at city hall on April 3. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Ex-abductee Chimura serves as Japanese-Korean interpreter

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (R), who was abducted by North Korea in 1978 and repatriated to Japan in 2002, serves as a Japanese-Korean interpreter for the first time in a public event in Obama, Fukui Prefecture on Oct. 11. Working for his employer, Obama Mayor Toshio Murakami, the 48-year-old Chimura translated his address to roughly 90 participants in a gathering on Japan-Korea friendship. (Kyodo)

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Obama mayor reads poem by abductee's brother at ceremony

OBAMA, Japan - Toshio Murakami (on rostrum), mayor of Obama, home to Yasushi Chimura and his wife Fukie, reads a poem written by Fukie's brother Yuko Hamamoto on Jan. 12 at a coming-of-age ceremony in the Fukui Prefecture city. The Chimuras are back in Japan after being abducted to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)