Internationally wanted fugitive behind 1970 JAL hijacking dies in North Korea at 78

TOKYO (TR) – Shiro Akagi, an internationally wanted fugitive and member of the extremist group responsible for the infamous 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines flight, has died in North Korea , investigative sources revealed. He was 78, reports TBS News (Sep. 16).

According to individuals connected to the matter, supporters in Japan recently received notification that Akagi died of heart failure in Pyongyang on September 12.

Akagi was a member of the radical Japanese Red Army faction. In 1970, he and his cohorts orchestrated the hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351, widely known as the “Yodo-go” incident, forcing the passenger jet to fly to Pyongyang. He had been on international wanted lists for decades.

Since fleeing to the reclusive state, the fugitive had reportedly been living alongside other members of the extremist group in a designated “Japanese village” on the outskirts of the North Korean capital.

With Akagi’s passing, only three wanted members of the Yodo-go hijacking remain at large in North Korea: Takahiro Konishi, 82, Moriaki Wakabayashi, 79, and Kimihiro Uomoto, 78.

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东京（TR）——据调查消息人士透露，国际通缉犯、极端组织成员赤木史郎在朝鲜去世。该组织曾策划了1970年臭名昭著的日本航空公司航班劫机事件。据TBS新闻（9月16日）报道，他享年78岁。

据与此事有关的人士透露，日本的支持者最近收到通知，赤木于 9 月 12 日在平壤因心脏衰竭去世。

赤木是日本赤军激进派的成员。1970年，他与同伙策划劫持了日本航空351号航班，即著名的“淀号事件”，迫使这架客机飞往平壤。他已被列入国际通缉名单数十年。

据报道，自从逃往这个与世隔绝的国家以来，这名逃犯一直与该极端组织的其他成员一起生活在朝鲜首都郊外的一个指定的“日本村”里。

随着赤木的去世，目前在朝鲜境内仅剩三名涉嫌劫持淀号事件的通缉犯：82岁的小西隆弘、79岁的若林守昭和78岁的鱼本公弘。

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