Hijacker's wife in N. Korea returns passport to gov't

Hijacker's wife in N. Korea returns passport to gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Yamanaka shows to reporters the passport of Emiko Akagi, the wife of a Japanese plane hijacker living in North Korea, near the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 23 before turning it in to the ministry on behalf of Akagi. Yamanaka, head of the group supporting the hijackers and their families, turned the passport in as part of procedures to enable her to return to Japan in September.

Wife of 1970 JAL hijacker gets 2 yrs over passport violation

Wife of 1970 JAL hijacker gets 2 yrs over passport violation

TOKYO, Japan - Emiko Akagi (file photo), the wife of Shiro Akagi, a former member of the Red Army Faction group that hijacked a Japan Airlines passenger plane in 1970, was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for four years, by the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 15. Akagi was charged with violating the passport law and forging documents. (Kyodo)

Wife of alleged JAL plane hijacker released on bail

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.

Hijacker's wife held upon arrival from N. Korea

Hijacker's wife held upon arrival from N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - Emiko Akagi, 46, wife of a Japanese man who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) jet to North Korea in 1970, is held in police custody Sept. 18 upon her arrival at Narita airport on suspicion of violating the Passport Law.

Hijacker's wife in N. Korea returns passport to gov't

Hijacker's wife in N. Korea returns passport to gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Yamanaka shows to reporters the passport of Emiko Akagi, the wife of a Japanese plane hijacker living in North Korea, near the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 23 before turning it in to the ministry on behalf of Akagi. Yamanaka, head of the group supporting the hijackers and their families, turned the passport in as part of procedures to enable her to return to Japan in September.