(CAPTION CORRECTED)Tanaka pleads guilty to 1970 JAL hijacking

TOKYO, Japan - Former Red Army Faction member Yoshimi Tanaka (file photo) pleaded guilty at the Tokyo District Court on Dec. 15 to hijacking a Japan Airlines (JAL) jet and forcing it to fly to Pyongyang in 1970.

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