1970 JAL hijacker Tanaka dies due to illness

1970 JAL hijacker Tanaka dies due to illness

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Tanaka (file photo taken in June, 2000), a former radical group member involved in the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet, dies of liver cancer on Jan. 1 at a hospital in Chiba Prefecture after being released from prison last month due to the illness. He was 58. (Kyodo)

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