(2)Rightist pleads guilty to murdering lawmaker Ishii

TOKYO, Japan - Hakusui Ito, a right-wing extremist pleaded guilty at the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21 to murdering Diet member Koki Ishii (in file photo) in front of the lawmaker's house in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward last October. Ito, 48, the leader of Shukojuku, meaning ''emperor protection corps,'' admitted the charges at the first hearing of his trial at the district court. (Kyodo)

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