Fukie, left, and Yasushi Chimura, right, look on as their children, from second left, O Kyong Ho, O Kyong Ae and O Kyong Sok, receive bouquets of flowers from local officials during a ceremony upon their arrival at Chimura's hometown of Obama in central Japan yesterday. The couple spent two nights with their children in Tokyo after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi brought the children to Japan on Saturday.May 25, 2004

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