Japanese man detained in North Korea may return home soon

A Japanese man detained in North Korea may return home sometime soon, diplomatic sources said Monday, a day after Pyongyang's state-run media reported that the nation has decided to release him "on the principle of humanitarianism."Tomoyuki Sugimoto, who visited North Korea as a tourist, has been "kept under control by a relevant institution to be inquired into his crime" against the country's laws, but it was "decided to leniently condone him," the Korean Central News Agency said in English on Sunday.Although there is speculation that Sugimoto has already been deported and is now in China,…READ FULL ARTICLE