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asia-inc (1605 words) |
 | If Nahoko Takato, Noriaki Imai and Soichiro Koriyama were citizens of another democracy, they would probably have become heroes for risking their lives to help people in misery and despair in a war-ravaged country thousands of kilometers away. |
 | Imai and Koriyama have since recovered and begun giving their own accounts of the kidnapping but Takato is still shut away in her family home in Hokkaido, her spirits crushed. |
 | Upon returning home, Koriyama read all his mail, including a hate mail that said, “I want to knife you to death.” The deranged ones aside, he was surprised to find that critical messages came mostly from those in their 60s. |
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KTEH's Kids' Eye View of Japan with Kristi Yamaguchi - Japanese Cities Visited (405 words) |
 | Koriyama, the city where Sarah and Eric Nielsen were exchange students, is in northeastern Japan. |
 | Koriyama is one of many cities that dot the train line that stretches from Tokyo to the island's northern shore. |
 | Although, Koriyama is surrounded by mountains and extinct volcanoes. |