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Security boosted at schools on island where fugitive is hiding

ONOMICHI, Japan, April 17 Kyodo - A prison officer patrols at an elementary school on Mukaishima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2018, where a fugitive is believed to be hiding.

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Ex-POW, Aussie mayor meet on 70th anniv. of prison break

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mayor Bill West of Cowra (R), Australia, and former Japanese prisoner of war Teruo Murakami (L) meet reporters in Hiroshima, western Japan, on April 17, 2014, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of a prison break. A large number of Japanese POWs attempted to escape from their camp in Cowra in August 1944, which resulted in the deaths of more than 230 people.

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Escaped inmate likely sneaked into house

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Investigators from the Hiroshima prefectural police gather in a residential area in the city of Hiroshima's Nishi Ward on Jan. 13, 2012. Li Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese man who remains at large after escaping from Hiroshima Prison on Jan. 11, is believed to have sneaked into a private home in the area and consumed food and stolen clothing and other items on Jan. 12.

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Chinese prison escapee captured

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Reporters gather in Hiroshima on Jan. 13, 2012, following the recapture by police of Chinese convict Li Guolin in the area two days after he escaped from Hiroshima Prison. Li was serving a 23-year term for crimes including firing a gun at a police officer after breaking into a house to commit theft in 2005.

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Inmate escapes from Hiroshima Prison

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mothers walk their children to elementary school in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on the morning of Jan. 12, 2012, after an inmate escaped from Hiroshima Prison the previous day. Li Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese man, remains at large.

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Inmate escapes from Hiroshima Prison

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hideyuki Yamasaki (C), head of the general affairs division at Hiroshima Prison, and other prison officials bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Jan. 11, 2012, after Li Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese man, escaped from the prison earlier that day.

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Inmate escapes from Hiroshima Prison

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photo taken Jan. 11, 2012, shows Hiroshima Prison in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima. Li Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese man, escaped from the prison that day.

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A-bomb survivor met Class-A war criminals

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiko Sasamori, an atomic-bomb survivor, holds a paper board bearing signatures of 10 Japanese Class-A war criminals at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on April 13, 2010. Sasamori said she talked about the war with the war criminals during a special meeting at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison in 1952.

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Prisoners in Hiroshima make Carp goods

Photo taken Nov. 26, 2015, shows an accessory case in the shape of the uniform of the Hiroshima Carp professional baseball club, made by prisoners working at the sewing plant of the Hiroshima Prison in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima. The product, partly made of a light reflective material to prevent traffic accidents, is on sale for 500 yen (approximately $4). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Japanese prison escapee caught after 3 weeks on run

Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief, leaves the Hiroshima Higashi police station in Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 30, 2018, for transfer to the Imabari police station in Ehime Prefecture. Hirao was caught in Hiroshima earlier in the day after more than three weeks on the run. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER JULY 30) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese prison escapee caught after 3 weeks on run

Tatsuma Hirano, a 27-year-old convicted thief, leaves the Hiroshima Higashi police station in Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 30, 2018, for transfer to the Imabari police station in Ehime Prefecture. Hirano was caught in Hiroshima earlier in the day after more than three weeks on the run. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER JULY 30) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Peruvian man sentenced to life over murder of Hiroshima girl

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Jose Manuel Torres Yagi leaves the Kaita Police Station in Hiroshima Prefecture July 4 for the Hiroshima District Court. Later in the day, he was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting and killing Airi Kinoshita, 7, on Nov. 22. (Kyodo)

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A-bomb survivor met Class-A war criminals

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Keiko Sasamori, an atomic-bomb survivor, holds a paper board bearing signatures of 10 Japanese Class-A war criminals at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on April 13, 2010. Sasamori said she talked about the war with the war criminals during a special meeting at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison in 1952. (Kyodo)

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Chinese prison escapee captured

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Chinese convict Li Guolin is escorted by police officers at a police station in Hiroshima on Jan. 13, 2012, after being recaptured two days after escaping from Hiroshima Prison. Li was serving a 23-year term for crimes including firing a gun at a police officer after breaking into a house to commit theft in 2005. (Kyodo)

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Chinese prison escapee captured

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Chinese convict Li Guolin is escorted by police officers at a police station in Hiroshima on Jan. 13, 2012, after being recaptured two days after escaping from Hiroshima Prison. Li was serving a 23-year term for crimes including firing a gun at a police officer after breaking into a house to commit theft in 2005. (Kyodo)

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Chinese prison escapee captured

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Reporters gather in Hiroshima on Jan. 13, 2012, following the recapture by police of Chinese convict Li Guolin in the area two days after he escaped from Hiroshima Prison. Li was serving a 23-year term for crimes including firing a gun at a police officer after breaking into a house to commit theft in 2005. (Kyodo)

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Escaped inmate likely sneaked into house

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Investigators from the Hiroshima prefectural police gather in a residential area in the city of Hiroshima's Nishi Ward on Jan. 13, 2012. Li Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese man who remains at large after escaping from Hiroshima Prison on Jan. 11, is believed to have sneaked into a private home in the area and consumed food and stolen clothing and other items on Jan. 12. (Kyodo)

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Inmate escapes from Hiroshima Prison

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photo taken Jan. 11, 2012, shows Hiroshima Prison in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima. Li Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese man, escaped from the prison that day. (Kyodo)

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Inmate escapes from Hiroshima Prison

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mothers walk their children to elementary school in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on the morning of Jan. 12, 2012, after an inmate escaped from Hiroshima Prison the previous day. Li Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese man, remains at large. (Kyodo)

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Inmate escapes from Hiroshima Prison

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hideyuki Yamasaki (C), head of the general affairs division at Hiroshima Prison, and other prison officials bow in a gesture of apology at a press conference in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Jan. 11, 2012, after Li Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese man, escaped from the prison earlier that day. (Kyodo)

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Lawmaker's secretary found guilty in election bribery case

The Hiroshima District Court sentences Hiroshi Tatemichi, a secretary of Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Anri Kawai, on June 16, 2020, to 18 months in prison, suspended for five years, for making illegal payments to her election campaign staff in the summer of 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prison escapee Hirao

Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief and prison escapee, is transported to prosecutors from Imabari police station in western Japan on May 1, 2018. Hirao was caught in Hiroshima the previous day after more than three weeks on the run. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security boosted at schools on island where fugitive is hiding

Prison officers patrol at an elementary school on Mukaishima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2018, where a fugitive is believed to be hiding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police search for convicted thief on the lam

Photo taken April 11, 2018 shows police officers searching for a prison escapee on Mukaishima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture, a small islet where the convicted thief is believed to be hiding. ==Kyodo

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Police search for convicted thief on the lam

Photo taken April 11, 2018 shows police officers searching for a prison escapee on Mukaishima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture, a small islet where the convicted thief is believed to be hiding. ==Kyodo

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Convicted thief escapes from western Japan prison

Police officers patrol in Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, where a car believed to have been stolen by Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief who escaped from prison, was found. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Convicted thief escapes from western Japan prison

Photo taken April 9, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area in Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, near the site where a car believed to have been stolen and used by Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief who escaped from prison, was found. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Convicted thief escapes from western Japan prison

Photo taken April 9, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers checking vehicles in Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, near the site where a car believed to have been stolen and used by Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief who escaped from prison, was found. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Convicted thief escapes from western Japan prison

Photo taken April 9, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mukai Island (L) in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture in western Japan, where Tatsuma Hirao, a 27-year-old convicted thief on the lam, is believed to have headed by a stolen car. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo hotel turns AUM's Joyu away

TOKYO, Japan - The car (C) carrying the No. 2 leader of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, Fumihiro Joyu, is stopped in front of a hotel in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 29 after the hotel refused to allow him to check in. Joyu was released earlier in the day from Hiroshima Prison after completing a three-year jail term for perjury. He later entered AUM's branch in Yokohama.

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Cult's No. 2 man flies into Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Heavily guarded by members of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, Fumihiro Joyu (2nd from R), No. 2 leader of the cult, walks into the lounge of Tokyo's Haneda airport Dec. 29 after flight from Hiroshima. He was released earlier in the day from Hiroshima Prison after serving a three-year jail term for perjury.

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AUM's No. 2 leader Joyu freed from Hiroshima Prison

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu, No. 2 leader of the cult AUM Shinrikyo, was released Dec. 29 from Hiroshima Prison where he completed a three-year jail term for perjury. The photo shows a car with Joyu, 37, on board leaving the prison under tight guard.

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AUM's Joyu leaves Hiroshima for Tokyo

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Many journalists rush to Hiroshima airport Dec. 29 when Fumihiro Joyu, No. 2 leader of the cult AUM Shinrikyo, leaves for Tokyo after being released from Hiroshima Prison earlier in the day, where he completed a three-year jail term for perjury.