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Soga was one of a group of five
Japanese abductees whom North Korea allowed to visit their homeland in September 2002. Though the trip was intended to be brief, she, like her four companions, never returned to North Korea. She and many Japanese called on North Korea to release family members who had
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Jenkins was court-martialed and incarcerated for "desertion" at a U.S. military installation in Japan for 26 days before being released. According to media reports, the family settled in Soga's hometown of
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