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Abductee's sister files complaint against hijackers' wives

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiyo Saito (C), the elder sister of a Japanese man who was abducted to North Korea, speaks at a press conference after filing a criminal complaint with the Tokyo police on Feb. 24 against the wives of two Japanese citizens who hijacked a Japan Airlines plane to North Korea in 1970, alleging they were involved in the abduction.

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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.

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Hijackers' daughters arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction members, who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane in 1970 and forced it to fly to North Korea, sit for a news conference after their arrival at Narita airport May 15. (From L to R) Azumi Tanaka, 22, Asaka Tamiya, 22, and Ritsuko Konishi, 23. On the flight to Narita, Tamiya, in an interview with Kyodo News, described the hijacking committed by her father and other members of the radical group as ''senseless'' and ''wrong.''

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Hijackers' daughters leave N. Korea for Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction cadres are seen in photo taken by a supporter in March in Pyongyang. Shown are Asaka Tamiya (L), 22, daughter of Takamaro Tamiya, deceased leader of the hijackers' group; Azumi Tanaka (C), 22, daughter of Yoshimi Tanaka; and Ritsuko Konishi, 23, daughter of Takahiro Konishi. The three daughters, whose fathers defected to North Korea after hijacking a Japan Airlines plane in 1970, left Pyongyang on May 15 for Japan via China.

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Travel documents for hijackers' 3 daughters issued

BEIJING, China - Yukio Yamanaka shows off in Beijing on April 30 travel documents issued by the Japanese Embassy in Beijing to three daughters of former Red Army Faction members for entry into Japan. The former terrorists were granted political asylum in North Korea after they hijacked a Japan Airlines plane in 1970. Yamanaka, leader of a support group for them, filed applications for the documents at the embassy in December.

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1970 JAL hijackers in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The file photo taken in Pyongyang on Sept. 5, 2004 shows Japanese leftist radicals who hijacked a Japan Airlines plane to the North Korean capital in 1970. From left, Kimihiro Uomoto, Takahiro Konishi, Shiro Akagi and Moriaki Wakabayashi. (Kyodo)

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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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Hijackers' daughters arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction members, who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane in 1970 and forced it to fly to North Korea, sit for a news conference after their arrival at Narita airport May 15. (From L to R) Azumi Tanaka, 22, Asaka Tamiya, 22, and Ritsuko Konishi, 23. On the flight to Narita, Tamiya, in an interview with Kyodo News, described the hijacking committed by her father and other members of the radical group as ''senseless'' and ''wrong.''

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Travel documents for hijackers' 3 daughters issued

BEIJING, China - Yukio Yamanaka shows off in Beijing on April 30 travel documents issued by the Japanese Embassy in Beijing to three daughters of former Red Army Faction members for entry into Japan. The former terrorists were granted political asylum in North Korea after they hijacked a Japan Airlines plane in 1970. Yamanaka, leader of a support group for them, filed applications for the documents at the embassy in December.

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JAL hijackers in N. Korea send tweets

Editor Reinin Shiino (C, back) and supporters of former Red Army Faction members, responsible for hijacking a JAL flight in 1970, hold a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2015. They have been sending out tweets e-mailed from the members, now living in North Korea, about once a month since October 2014. There are some 4,000 Twitter followers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abductee's sister files complaint against hijackers' wives

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiyo Saito (C), the elder sister of a Japanese man who was abducted to North Korea, speaks at a press conference after filing a criminal complaint with the Tokyo police on Feb. 24 against the wives of two Japanese citizens who hijacked a Japan Airlines plane to North Korea in 1970, alleging they were involved in the abduction. (Kyodo)

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Wife of 1970 JAL hijackers arrested at Narita

NARITA, Japan - Tamiko Uomoto, wife of Kimihiro Uomoto, one of nine Japanese radicals who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane to North Korea in 1970, returned to Japan from Pyongyang on Feb. 24 and was immediately arrested by police at Narita airport on suspicion of violating the passport law. (Kyodo)

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6 children of 1970 JAL hijackers arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Six children of Japanese who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane to Pyongyang in 1970 arrive at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, via Beijing from North Korea on Jan. 13. The six, in their late teens and early 20s, were born in North Korea and grew up there. (Kyodo)

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Kin of 1970 JAL hijackers arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Five children of Japanese radicals who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane to North Korea in 1970 arrive at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 10 from North Korea. Takako Konishi, wife of Red Army Faction group leader Takahiro Konishi, who also arrived with them was arrested at the airport on suspicion of violating the passport law. (Kyodo)

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(2)Kin of 1970 JAL hijackers arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Takako Konishi, the wife of Red Army Faction group leader Takahiro Konishi, arrives at Narita airport from North Korea with five relatives of Japanese radicals who hijacked a Japanese plane to the North in 1970. Konishi was arrested at Narita on suspicion of violating the passport law. (Kyodo)

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Children, wife of 1970 JAL hijackers head back to Japan Tues.

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Six family members of the Red Army Faction group, which hijacked a Japan Airlines plane to North Korea in 1970, pose for a photograph at Pyongyang international airport on Sept. 10 before boarding a plane bound for Beijing. They will return to Japan after more than 20 years living in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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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.

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Gov't to allow hijackers' daughters to visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the daughters of former Red Army Faction members who sought political asylum in North Korea after hijacking a Japan Airlines plane in 1970. Their support group, releasing the photo to the media April 25, declined to give their names. It said the Japanese Foreign Ministry will issue travel documents to the daughters to allow them to visit Japan.

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Photo of hijackers' kin released

TOKYO, Japan - A support group for the kin of Red Army Faction cadres who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet in 1970 and ordered it to North Korea released Jan. 26 this photo of five relatives taken on December 10 in Pyongyang. The group said the hijackers' two wives (far left and far right in back row) and three daughters (in front row) have expressed hope to move to Japan from North Korea.

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Sekigun-Ha backer applies for visas for hijackers' kin

BEIJING, China - Yukio Yamanaka, a senior member of a Tokyo-based support group, Kyuen Renraku Center, for former Red Army Faction (Sekigun-Ha) members who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) jet in 1970 applies at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Nov. 23 for visas for five of the hijackers' relatives living in North Korea.