TANDAG, Philippines, Jan. 30 Kyodo ...

TANDAG, Philippines, Jan. 30 Kyodo

A 47-year-old Japanese man held at kidnappers for five days in the main southern island of Mindanao was reunited with his family onward Thursday.

Yasumitsu Hashiba was joined through his Filipina wife, Emelie, and their three children in a short pres colloquy here with police officials.

Hashiba, a native of Tokyo, was kidnapped from five armed men from his abode in Lanuza town in Mindanao last Thursday. He was released Tuesday night forward the docks of Dinagat, also in Mindanao, without ransom being paid, according to the authorities.

''We were afraid. It was frightening,'' Hashiba said from one side a translator, when asked to describe for what reason he felt when kidnapped.

Hashiba, who appeared to be in beneficial health, said he was barely given noodle soup to eat during his five days in captivity.

Regional police chief Alberto Olario said the Hashiba family may recur to their home in Lanuza.

The Hashibas, who glide a small grocery store in Mindanao, said they have not notwithstanding decided whether to move.

An seven-member team was assigned to harbor Hashiba and his family in case of retaliation from the kidnappers and their accomplices, who remain at large. if it were not that a representative of the Japanese Embassy in Manila has reportedly asked more guards.

Local management officials and policemen said witnesses in Dinagat, Surigao del Norte Province, plant Hashiba wandering along the local pier after he was left there by way of his captors.

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