By RYUICHI KITANO/ Staff Writer
July 19, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Kaoru Hasuike, right in the middle row, his wife Yukiko, left, three other Japanese abductees and Japanese government officials disembark from a chartered plane at Haneda Airport on Oct. 15, 2002, after they were released by North Korea. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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