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Japanese children return home
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-05-24 08:35
Kaoru Hasuike, right, and his wife Yukiko,
left, stand beside their daughter Pak Yong Hwa and son Pak Ki Hyok holding
bouquets of flowers as they arrived at Hasuike's parents' home in
Kashiwazaki, in northern Japanese prefecture of Niigata, Sunday, May
23, 2004. The couple, who returned to Japan in October 2002 after being
abducted decades earlier by Northern agents, spent a quiet night at a
Tokyo hotel with their two children who began a new life in their parents'
homeland Saturday after Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi won their release
during a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. [AP Photo]
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North Korean kidnapping victim Hitomi Soga's
American husband Charles Robert Jenkins sees off Soga and four other
Japanese abductees leaving Pyongyang airport for Japan for the first time
in 25 years in this Oct. 15, 2002 file photo provided by Japanese
government. Nearly 40 years ago, Jenkins allegedly deserted his U.S. Army
unit to start a new life in North Korea. Tokyo has asked Washington to
give him special consideration, and perhaps a pardon. But U.S. officials,
wary of taking such an action while soldiers are risking their lives in
Iraq, have provided no such guarantees. The fate of Jenkins is a major
issue in Japan, mainly because of an outpouring of sympathy for his wife,
who has lived alone in her hometown on a small island since her return one
month after the 2002 summit between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. [AP Photo] |
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Pak Yong-hwa (L), one of five North
Korean-born children of Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang, and her
parents visit her grandparents' house in Kashiwazaki, northern Japan, May
23, 2004. Five North Korean-born children of Japanese abducted by
Pyongyang began new life with their parents in Japan on Sunday but Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi got faint praise for the summit at which he won
their release. [Reuters]
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) shakes hands with
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il as they meet for talks in Pyongyang May
22, 2004. [Reuters] |
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