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| | Tuesday, 15 October, 2002, 16:48 GMT 17:48 UK In pictures: Kidnapped Japanese visit home There have been emotional scenes as five Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s began their first visit home. Eight other kidnapped Japanese have died, North Korea has said.  A couple (right) who were snatched from a beach in 1978 have since married  North Korea only admitted to the kidnappings last month, ending years of waiting for the relatives left behind (AP)  The returnees are only visiting for a short break and say they are settled in North Korea  Hitomi Soga was abducted in 1978 and is now married to an American defector  Fukie Hamamoto's brother said he was happy to see that his sister had not really changed | |
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