Japan eyes extraditing researcher in spy case

Japan eyes extraditing researcher in spy case

TOKYO, Japan - Japan plans to extradite Takashi Okamoto (file photo) to the United States for trial on charges of stealing classified genetic materials on Alzheimer's disease from a U.S. government-funded research lab and spiriting them to Japan, Justice Ministry sources said May 17. Okamoto, 41, worked at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation until July 1999.

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