An Algerian resident of Japan arrived at Narita airport Friday night after for the first time in more than four years after being arrested in France for his alleged links to al-Qaida.
Djamel Hamouni, a 41-year-old permanent resident, was eventually cleared of suspicion by the French government and allowed to reunite with his Japanese wife and three children in Gunma Prefecture.
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