TOKYO, Jan. 23 Kyodo A Japanese n...

TOKYO, Jan. 23 Kyodo

A Japanese national born of a North Korean father and a Japanese mother privately returned to Japan last summer with Japanese control support after escaping from North Korea, a nongovermnetal organization official end to the case said Wednesday.

The Japanese, identified sole as a person in the 50 mov to North Korea together with the family years back and fl to China befitting to hardships of life in North Korea.

It is the first reported case of a Japanese national returning to Japan after fleeing North Korea.

A Japanese woman married to a North Korean man escaped from North Korea to northern China last November. She was detained last week by means of Chinese security authorities.

Tokyo decided last May when five North Korean asylum inquirers sought protection at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, China, that it would accept refugee from North Korea with Japanese citizenship.

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