Red Army Faction fugitive Yoshimi Tanaka arrived Wednesday in Japan to face trial for his role in a Japan Airlines jetliner hijacking 30 years ago, following his arrest in Thailand by Japanese police the previous night.
A JAL plane carrying Tanaka, 51, touched down at Narita airport at 6:13 a.m. after an overnight flight from Bangkok. Authorities brought Tanaka to the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters at around 8:20 a.m.
The MPD's Public Security Bureau set up a squad Wednesday to investigate Tanaka's role in the hijacking and his activities in North Korea, police officials said.