After eight years of non-stop field work, Junod took a break. He spent some time at ICRC headquarters where he met Eugénie Perret, who worked for the ICRC's Central Tracing Agency; they married in December 1944. She was expecting their son when, in June 1945, Junod left on mission yet again - this time for the Far East, travelling to Japan via Cairo, Moscow, and then on the trans-Siberian railway.