Japanese abductee Soga, U.S. Army deserter Jenkins

Japanese abductee Soga, U.S. Army deserter Jenkins

Combined photo shows Hitomi Soga (L), one of five Japanese abductees repatriated from North Korea in 2002, and her husband Charles Jenkins. The former U.S. Army sergeant died of arrhythmia in Japan on Dec. 11, 2017, at age 77. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Osaka court orders retrial of ex-nurse's aide convicted of murder

Osaka court orders retrial of ex-nurse's aide convicted of murder

(From L) Mika Nishiyama, a former nurse's aide who was convicted of murdering a male patient in 2003 by removing his respirator at a hospital in Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, and her parents Teruo and Reiko attend a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 20, 2017. The Osaka High Court ordered a retrial for Nishiyama, based on a medical expert's opinion that the patient may have died of heart arrhythmia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wake of U.S. Army deserter who wed Japanese abductee in N. Korea

Wake of U.S. Army deserter who wed Japanese abductee in N. Korea

Hitomi Soga (R), one of the five Japanese abductees repatriated from North Korea in 2002, carries her husband Charles Jenkins' ashes to a funeral hall in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2017. Jenkins, a former U.S. soldier who deserted to North Korea and married Soga there, died of arrhythmia in Japan on Dec. 11 at age 77. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wake of U.S. Army deserter who wed Japanese abductee in N. Korea

Wake of U.S. Army deserter who wed Japanese abductee in N. Korea

People attend the wake of Charles Jenkins, a former U.S. soldier who deserted to North Korea, in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2017. Jenkins, who married Hitomi Soga, one of the five Japanese abductees repatriated from North Korea in 2002, died of arrhythmia in Japan on Dec. 11 at age 77. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wake of U.S. Army deserter who wed Japanese abductee in N. Korea

Wake of U.S. Army deserter who wed Japanese abductee in N. Korea

Hitomi Soga (R), one of the five Japanese abductees repatriated from North Korea in 2002, carries her husband Charles Jenkins' ashes to a funeral hall in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2017. Jenkins, a former U.S. soldier who deserted to North Korea and married Soga there, died of arrhythmia in Japan on Dec. 11 at age 77. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wake of U.S. Army deserter who wed Japanese abductee in N. Korea

Wake of U.S. Army deserter who wed Japanese abductee in N. Korea

Hitomi Soga, one of the five Japanese abductees repatriated from North Korea in 2002, carries her husband Charles Jenkins' ashes to a funeral hall in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2017. Jenkins, a former U.S. soldier who deserted to North Korea and married Soga there, died of arrhythmia in Japan on Dec. 11 at age 77. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo