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Japanese gets prison term for aiding N. Korean refugees

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kato, secretary general of the Japanese nongovernmental organization Life Funds for North Korea Refugees, speaks in Tokyo on June 28 about a sentence handed down to Takayuki Noguchi, a member of the NGO, by a Chinese court. The court sentenced Noguchi to eight months in prison and fined him 20,000 yuan (about 260,000 yen) for helping North Koreans who entered China go to a third country.

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Japanese gets prison term for aiding N. Korean refugees

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kato, secretary general of the Japanese nongovernmental organization Life Funds for North Korea Refugees, speaks in Tokyo on June 28 about a sentence handed down to Takayuki Noguchi, a member of the NGO, by a Chinese court. The court sentenced Noguchi to eight months in prison and fined him 20,000 yuan (about 260,000 yen) for helping North Koreans who entered China go to a third country. (Kyodo)

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China arrests Japanese man for alleged people smuggling

BEIJING, China - Chinese authorities have arrested Takayuki Noguchi (in file photo), 32, a Japanese nongovernmental relief activist detained since December on suspicion of engaging in people smuggling, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Jan. 13. (Kyodo)