The wife of a Japanese man who allegedly hijacked a Japan Airlines jetliner in 1970 along with eight others and ordered it to North Korea returned home Tuesday evening, leaving her family in North Korea.
Emiko Akagi, 46, arrived at Narita airport shortly after 7 p.m. on an All Nippon Airways flight. She was arrested upon her arrival on suspicion of violating the Passport Law, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
According to sources, Akagi flew from Pyongyang to Beijing on Tuesday morning. After Japanese Embassy officials verified her identity at Beijing Capital International Airport, she then flew to Japan on the ANA flight.
She has been placed on an international wanted list for not complying with a 1988 order to return her passport over allegations that she contacted a North Korean agent when visiting Europe in the 1980s.