THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 16, 2022 at 17:06 JST
Five Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea arrive at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Oct. 15, 2002. Yasushi Chimura, right in front row, his then fiance and current wife Fukie, center in front row, Kaoru Hasuike and his wife Yukiko, in second row, and Hitomi Soga, left in the rear (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Oct. 15 marked 20 years since North Korea permitted five Japanese nationals it abducted in the 1970s and ’80s to return to Japan. Since then, no further abductees have been released. [Read More]
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