JAL hijacker ready to return to Tokyo possibly in June

JAL hijacker ready to return to Tokyo possibly in June

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yoshimi Tanaka (C), 51, a fugitive wanted by Japan for the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines plane, prepares to enter a Thai criminal court in Bangkok on May 16. He told the court he is ready to return to Japan to face terrorism charges, putting an end to a nine-month fight against extradition. Tanaka, a one-time member of the radical Red Army Faction, had been fighting extradition to Japan since August last year, saying the charges against him by the Japanese government are politically motivated.

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