Tanaka extradited to Japan from Thailand

Tanaka extradited to Japan from Thailand

NARITA, Japan - Former Japanese Red Army member Yoshimi Tanaka is flanked by Japanese police officers at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on June 28. He was extradited from Thailand to stand trial for taking part in the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines plane. Tanaka, who had been granted political asylum by North Korea after the hijacking, was arrested four years ago at the Vietnamese border on counterfeiting charges.

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