Wife of alleged JAL plane hijacker released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Emiko Akagi, whose husband was allegedly involved in a 1970 hijacking by Red Army Faction members of a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane to North Korea, leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on July 30. Earlier, the Tokyo High Court rejected an appeal by the prosecutors against a decision of the Tokyo District Court to grant her bail of 20 million yen. Akagi is on trial on passport violation charges.

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