Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995.

Keiko's parents talk with the media

Keiko's parents talk with the media

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L) and his wife Kayoko talk with the media in Tokyo on March 12 about their daughter Keiko, who went missing in Europe in 1983 when she was 23. The former wife of one of the Japanese who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet to North Korea in 1970 told police investigators a North Korean diplomat ordered two Japanese to help abduct Keiko in Europe in 1983.

Keiko's parents talk with the media

Keiko's parents talk with the media

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L) and his wife Kayoko talk with the media in Tokyo on March 12 about their daughter Keiko, who went missing in Europe in 1983 when she was 23. The former wife of one of the Japanese who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet to North Korea in 1970 told police investigators a North Korean diplomat ordered two Japanese to help abduct Keiko in Europe in 1983.

Panel OKs ministerial order for NHK to focus on reporting abduct

Panel OKs ministerial order for NHK to focus on reporting abduct

TOKYO, Japan - Telecom minister Yoshihide Suga (C) speaks with reporters at his ministry after his advisory panel endorsed his controversial order for Japan's public broadcaster NHK to focus on the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in its international shortwave radio broadcasts. (Kyodo)

Ex-AUM cult member held after 16 years on run

Ex-AUM cult member held after 16 years on run

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Hirata (L), a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who has been on the run for more than 16 years, is escorted by police officers from Marunouchi Police Station to Osaki Police Station, both in Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2012. Hirata, 46, turned himself in to police the previous night and was arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

Ex-AUM cult member Hirata arrested

Ex-AUM cult member Hirata arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult. Hirata turned himself in to police in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years and was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

Ex-AUM cult member held after 16 years on run

Ex-AUM cult member held after 16 years on run

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Hirata (back C), a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who has been on the run for more than 16 years, is escorted by police officers from Marunouchi Police Station to Osaki Police Station, both in Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2012. Hirata, 46, turned himself in to police the previous night and was arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)