(1)Statute of limitations expires for reporter's murder

(1)Statute of limitations expires for reporter's murder

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hyogo prefectural police head Kaoru Okada (in pool photo) prays May 3 for the repose of Tomohiro Kojiri, an Asahi Shimbun reporter fatally shot in 1987 by a suspected right-wing extremist at the newspaper's bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. The statute of limitations for the 1987 murder expired at midnight May 2 without an arrest.

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