Word: koizumi
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...Jenkins' world suddenly began to brighten two years ago. The breakthrough was Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il (the son and successor of Kim Il Sung) in Pyongyang. Kim confirmed Japan's long-held suspicion that North Korea had been kidnapping Japanese citizens and forcing them to teach at its spy schools. Soga, Jenkins' wife, was acknowledged to be among the abductees. After the summit, she and the four others Pyongyang said were still alive returned to Japan for what was meant to be a 10-day visit. They never went back...
...Crimson offense, Harvard’s vulnerable defensive was exposed throughout the match. A third of the way through the second period, sloppy passing by the Crimson at the offensive blue line yielded a 2-on-1 breakaway for Duluth that resulted in a goal by forward Jessica Koizumi...
...Saturday five of UMD’s six goals came from its second liners, including two apiece from Allison Lehrke—who also added a pair of assists—and Jessica Koizumi...
...Koizumi added her 11th goal of the season in yesterday’s matchup—a key goal that knotted the score at 2-2 with 5:26 left...
...Soga is the reason that Jenkins came back to the outside world. When Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il in October 2002, Kim confirmed Japan's long-held conviction that North Korea had engaged in a systematic program of kidnapping Japanese citizens and pressing them into service as teachers at the Hermit Kingdom's spy schools. The abductees returned to Japan for a 10-day visit that wound up being permanent after they declined to return, but Jenkins had stayed behind in the North with his two daughters. In the past two years...