He showed me a Japanese passport with his picture on it that says his name is Fujima.
He traveled to South Korea on 8 August 1974, using a Japanese passport to enter the country.
Last year the number of Japanese passports issued fell by 26 percent, the biggest fall since 1964, when restrictions were lifted on Japanese overseas travel.
Even his closest backers expressed shock that he had a Japanese passport.
It also has package deals for people with Japanese passports to tour North Korea.
They had been questioned about carrying fake Japanese passports.
Over the weekend, all five returnees received Japanese passports.
Japanese passports are issued to Japanese citizens to travel outside Japan.
All Japanese passports issued after March 20, 2006 are biometric passports.
I'll ask about getting an entry stamp in my Japanese passport.