Hitomi Soga
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Hitomi Soga-Jenkins is a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea together with her mother, Miyoshi Soga, from Sado Island, Japan, in 1978. In 1980, she married Charles Robert Jenkins, an Americ
Soga in 2023
Hitomi Soga with her mother Miyoshi Soga, early 1960s
Hitomi Soga (front row, third from left) with Shinzō Abe and Donald Trump in Japan, 2017
Charles Robert Jenkins
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Charles Robert Jenkins was a deserter from the United States Army, a North Korean prisoner, and voice for Japanese abductees in North Korea.
Hitomi Soga
…1959) is a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea together with her mother, Miyoshi Soga, from Sado Island, Japan, in 1978. In 1980, she married Charles Robert Jenkins, an American defector to North Korea, with whom she had two daughters. In 2002, she was allowed to return to Japan, followed two years later by her…
Jenkins in 2004
Jenkins in a 1950s Army photo
Sergeant Jenkins at court-martial