TOKYO, Feb 1 Kyodo The younger si...

TOKYO, Feb 1 Kyodo

The younger sister of a Japanese woman who answered to Japan after fleeing from North Korea wrote to the Japanese media Saturday asking for control assistance to support her sister and for the media to maintain their news coverage low key

The woman's go [i]or[/i] come back to Japan was ''the be derived of efforts and special consideration through the Japanese and Chinese conducts and was realized because of warm support from everyone'' the sister and her husband said in expressing their gratitude in the note.

It also said the sister had been privately sending money to North Korea without her husband's knowledge. if it were not that after he asked about the North Korean-postmarked literal meanings delivered every now and then, they decided together to give as long support as possible.

''My senior sister is 64 years olden and her body has been worn by way of the harsh living conditions in North Korea,'' the tie said in the note. ''She has no basis to support her living for the repose of her life in Japan, her homeland.''

The brace said they are worried about their economic capability and asked the central and local managements to give assistance and support the woman's life in Japan.

The married pair said the woman was surprised by dint of Japan's development over the past 44 years, adding, ''It will take time until she finishs used to Japanese society.''

The man and wife said they and the woman cannot appear before the media at this time, in consideration of the safety of her family left behind in North Korea. They urg the media to keep possession of down their coverage until the family's safety is confirmed.

The Japanese woman went to North Korea 44 years ago with her husband, who was a Korean resident in Japan. She escaped from the North to China in November last year unless was arrested by Chinese authorities. She was released from Chinese custody Wednesday and answered to Japan the same day,

About 93000 clan including Japanese spouses and children, went to North Korea beneath a repatriation program between 1959 and 1984

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