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Daughter of ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, one of the main characters in the documentary film "Children of the Revolution," is pictured in this undated photo. Her mother is Fusako Shigenobu, a former Japanese Red Army leader who is serving a 20-year prison sentence.

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Daughter slams rights abuse of convicted Japanese Red Army founder

TOKYO, Japan - May Shigenobu, daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, the convicted founder of the leftist Japanese Red Army group, speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 8. May said her mother may be suffering from a parotid tumor but is being barred from receiving proper medical treatment in detention.

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Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizure

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu (L), eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, speaks at a press conference, after her mother, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974.

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Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizure

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, arrives at the Tokyo District Court to hear a court ruling on her mother. The court later sentenced Fusako to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974.

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British univ. welcomes Japanese shogi players

CAMBRIDGE, Britain - Teruichi Aono (C) and Fusako Ajiki (R), Japanese professional 'shogi' players, oversee the 2001 British Open Shogi Championships at the University of Cambridge on May 6. The event is part of ''Japan 2001,'' a yearlong festival showcasing Japanese culture to the British public until March next year.

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Shigenobu denies charges in Hague embassy seizure

TOKYO, Japan - People seeking admission tickets for the first day of hearings in the trial of Japanese Red Army founder Fusako Shigenobu gather at the Tokyo District Court on April 23. Shigenobu pleaded not guilty to charges of illegal detention and attempted murder in the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

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Shigenobu's daughter arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, 28, the daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, founder of the Japanese Red Army guerrilla group who was arrested in Japan last year after decades on the run, arrives at Narita airport on the evening of April 3 from her home in Lebanon. She did not say a word but repeatedly made peace signs to the press corps packed in the airport lobby.

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Police search room where Red Army's Shigenobu stayed

OSAKA, Japan - Police on Nov. 14 walk to a hotel in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, to search a room where Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu spent the night before she was arrested last week after almost 30 years on the run.

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Shigenobu arrested outside Osaka hotel

OSAKA, Japan - This is a hotel in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, in front of which Fusako Shigenobu, founder of the Japanese Red Army, was arrested on the morning of Nov. 8.

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Lecture by ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu (top) delivers a lecture at an event in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 2022. The 77-year-old was released from prison in May after serving a 20-year sentence for masterminding the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

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Lecture by ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu delivers a lecture at an event in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 2022. The 77-year-old was released from prison in May after serving a 20-year sentence for masterminding the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

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Lecture by ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu delivers a lecture at an event in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 2022. The 77-year-old was released from prison in May after serving a 20-year sentence for masterminding the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

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Lecture by ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu delivers a lecture at an event in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 2022. The 77-year-old was released from prison in May after serving a 20-year sentence for masterminding the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

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Daughter of ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Mei Shigenobu, the daughter of former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on May 26, 2022. Her mother, 76, will finish serving a 20-year-prison term for the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague on May 28.

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Daughter of ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Mei Shigenobu, the daughter of former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on May 26, 2022. Her mother, 76, will finish serving a 20-year-prison term for the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague on May 28.

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Daughter of ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

Mei Shigenobu, the daughter of former Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on May 26, 2022. Her mother, 76, will finish serving a 20-year-prison term for the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague on May 28.

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Red Army hijacker may have been killed by colleagues

TOKYO, Japan - An internationally wanted Japanese terrorist leader has suggested one of the nine Red Army faction members who defected to North Korea after hijacking a plane in 1970 was killed by fellow hijackers, supporters of the leader say July 20 in Tokyo. Fusako Shigenobu, the 53-year-old leader of the Japanese Red Army she founded in 1971, said Takeshi Okamoto (file photo), who reportedly died around 1988, was ''purged just as with the case of the United Red Army,'' the supporters tell Kyodo News.

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Red Army hijacker may have been killed by colleagues

TOKYO, Japan - An internationally wanted Japanese terrorist leader has suggested one of the nine Red Army faction members who defected to North Korea after hijacking a plane in 1970 was killed by fellow hijackers, supporters of the leader say July 20 in Tokyo. Fusako Shigenobu, the 53-year-old leader of the Japanese Red Army she founded in 1971, said Takeshi Okamoto (file photo), who reportedly died around 1988, was ''purged just as with the case of the United Red Army,'' the supporters tell Kyodo News.

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British univ. welcomes Japanese shogi players

CAMBRIDGE, Britain - Teruichi Aono (C) and Fusako Ajiki (R), Japanese professional 'shogi' players, oversee the 2001 British Open Shogi Championships at the University of Cambridge on May 6. The event is part of ''Japan 2001,'' a yearlong festival showcasing Japanese culture to the British public until March next year.

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(1)Mei Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, daughter of Fusako Shigenobu who is a founder of the Japanese Red Army. The photo was taken June 29, 2002. (Kyodo)

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(2)Mei Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, daughter of Fusako Shigenobu who is a founder of the Japanese Red Army. The photo was taken April 23, 2001. (Kyodo)

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(1)Fusako Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Fusako Shigenobu, a founder of the Japanese Red Army and a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970's. (Kyodo)

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(2)Fusako Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Fusako Shigenobu, a founder of the Japanese Red Army and a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970's, was arrested Nov. 8, 2000. (Kyodo)

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(3)Fusako Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Fusako Shigenobu, a founder of the Japanese Red Army who was a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970's, waved at reporters from a train after her arrest on Nov. 8, 2000. (Kyodo)

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(6)Fusako Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Fusako Shigenobu (L), the founder of the Japanese Red Army and a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970s, smiles on arrival in Tokyo on Nov. 8 from Osaka Prefecture, where she was arrested earlier in the day.

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Daughter slams rights abuse of convicted Japanese Red Army found

TOKYO, Japan - May Shigenobu, daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, the convicted founder of the leftist Japanese Red Army group, speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 8. May said her mother may be suffering from a parotid tumor but is being barred from receiving proper medical treatment in detention. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu (L), eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, speaks at a press conference, after her mother, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu (L), eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, speaks at a press conference, after her mother, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, arrives at the Tokyo District Court to hear a court ruling on her mother. The court later sentenced Fusako to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court sentenced Fusako Shigenobu (in file photo), former leader of the Japanese Red Army, to 20 years in prison on Feb. 23 for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974. The court determined Shigenobu, 60, had a hand in the embassy seizure undertaken by three other members of the Japanese Red Army, despite the fact that she denied her involvement. (Kyodo)

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Daughter of ex-Red Army leader Shigenobu

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, one of the main characters in the documentary film "Children of the Revolution," is pictured in this undated photo. Her mother is Fusako Shigenobu, a former Japanese Red Army leader who is serving a 20-year prison sentence. (Kyodo)

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Shigenobu denies charges in Hague embassy seizure

TOKYO, Japan - People seeking admission tickets for the first day of hearings in the trial of Japanese Red Army founder Fusako Shigenobu gather at the Tokyo District Court on April 23. Shigenobu pleaded not guilty to charges of illegal detention and attempted murder in the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague.

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Shigenobu's daughter arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, 28, the daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, founder of the Japanese Red Army guerrilla group who was arrested in Japan last year after decades on the run, arrives at Narita airport on the evening of April 3 from her home in Lebanon. She did not say a word but repeatedly made peace signs to the press corps packed in the airport lobby.

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Hyogo man nabbed for harboring Shigenobu

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Kiyotaka Mori (R) in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, is arrested March 8 on suspicion of harboring Fusako Shigenobu, founder of the Japanese Red Army terrorist group. Shigenobu was arrested last November in Osaka Prefecture and has since been indicted on charges of masterminding the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in the Hague, as well as other charges.

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Two Red Army accomplices arresed

KYOTO, Japan - Mamoru Yoshida is escorted in Kyoto on Nov. 30 after being arrested on suspicion of harboring Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu before her arrest earlier in November. Police also arrested Hitoshi Matsuno earlier in the day on same charges. They suspect the two men are key supporters of the Lebanon-based Japanese terrorist group in the Kansai region.

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Shigenobu aims at 'legal ways' of changing world

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu, arrested Nov. 8, recently gave a written note to Kyodo News. It says she now plans to reform the world in an open, legally acceptable manner, rather than trying to achieve the group's proclaimed goal of world revolution.

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Police search room where Red Army's Shigenobu stayed

OSAKA, Japan - Police on Nov. 14 walk to a hotel in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, to search a room where Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu spent the night before she was arrested last week after almost 30 years on the run.

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Shigenobu transferred to Tokyo

OSAKA, Japan - Fusako Shigenobu, the founder of the Japanese Red Army and a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970s, turns her thumbs up as she leaves Takatsuki Police Station in Osaka Prefecture to be transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Nov. 8.

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Shigenobu pictured in Beirut

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Beirut in 1981 shows Fusako Shigenobu, founder of the Japanese Red Army, who was arrested in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8. One of a handful of high-profile Japanese leftists who had been at large for decades, Shigenobu, 55, is suspected of seizing the French Embassy in The Hague on Sept. 13, 1974, with two other members of the Lebanon-based guerrilla group she formed in early 1970s. The photo was provided by ''Hanashi-no-Tokushu'' publishing company.

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Shigenobu arrested outside Osaka hotel

OSAKA, Japan - This is a hotel in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, in front of which Fusako Shigenobu, founder of the Japanese Red Army, was arrested on the morning of Nov. 8.

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(5)Fusako Shigenobu

Fusako Shigenobu and Kozo Okamoto, members of Red Army in 1985.Fusako Shigenobu, the founder of the Japanese Red Army and a key figure in a series of international terrorist incidents in the 1970s, was arrested Wednesday in Osaka Prefecture and transferred to the custody of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, police said.Kozo Okamoto, were allegedly involved in a machine-gun and grenade attack on Lod airport in Tel Aviv on May 30, 1972 that left about 25 people dead and 80 injured. The airport is now called Ben-Gurion airport.

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(4)Fusako Shigenobu

Photo was taken in 1985 at Baqaa Plain in Lebanon.Fusako Shigenobu with a machinegun, founder of the Japanese Red Army, a Lebanon-based guerrilla group, was taken into custody in Osaka, police sources said Wednesday.