Charles Jenkins, an alleged U.S. Army deserter to North Korea who reunited with his Japanese wife, former abductee Hitomi Soga, last week in Jakarta, will come to Japan over this extended weekend and be hospitalized, government sources said Thursday.
Media reports said Jenkins, 64, is expected to come to Tokyo on Sunday, but government sources said a final decision on the date has yet to be made.
A government official said Jenkins, who is in great need of medical treatment, should be hospitalized on a day when hospitals are closed for outpatients, including next Monday, the Marine Day holiday, to avoid turmoil.