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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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Abductees' kin rejoice at gov't announcement

OBAMA, Japan - Tamotsu Chimura (L), whose son Yasushi was abducted to North Korea in 1978 and is currently visiting Japan, and Yuko Hamamoto, Yasushi's brother-in-law, rejoice Oct. 24 after Tokyo announced that Yasushi, his wife and three other abductees who returned to Japan will not go back to North Korea.

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(2)Japan begins issuing passports to 5 abductees

OBAMA, Japan - Fukie Hamamoto (R) receives her passport from an unidentified official of the Fukui prefectural government at her home in Obama in the prefecture on Oct. 18, with her brother Yuko looking on. Japan began issuing passports to Hamamoto and four other Japanese who were abducted to North Korea in 1978 and are currently in Japan on a homecoming visit. (Pool photo)

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(4)Abductees glad to be in homeland

TOKYO, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (2nd from L) and Fukie Hamamoto (2nd from R) are seated at a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 15, flanked by Chimura's father Tamotsu (L) and Hamamoto's brother Yuko (R).

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Trailer houses used as shelter for evacuees from quakes

Photo taken June 19, 2016, shows Yuko Hamamoto (L), 46, taking shelter in a trailer house with her eldest son, a sixth-grader, in the southwestern Japanese town of Mashiki, severely damaged by a series of powerful earthquakes. As of June 19, 19 trailer houses had been secured. They are to be used through the end of August. (Kyodo) ==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)

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Abductees' kin rejoice at gov't announcement

OBAMA, Japan - Tamotsu Chimura (L), whose son Yasushi was abducted to North Korea in 1978 and is currently visiting Japan, and Yuko Hamamoto, Yasushi's brother-in-law, rejoice Oct. 24 after Tokyo announced that Yasushi, his wife and three other abductees who returned to Japan will not go back to North Korea. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan begins issuing passports to 5 abductees

OBAMA, Japan - Fukie Hamamoto (R) receives her passport from an unidentified official of the Fukui prefectural government at her home in Obama in the prefecture on Oct. 18, with her brother Yuko looking on. Japan began issuing passports to Hamamoto and four other Japanese who were abducted to North Korea in 1978 and are currently in Japan on a homecoming visit. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)