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Shiro Akagi, Suspect in 1970 Plane Hijacking, Presumed Dead

Summary by The Japan Times
Internationally wanted, Akagi was living in a suburb of Pyongyang with five people, including other members of the hijacking group.

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(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-mi = One of the suspects in the 'Yodo-go hijacking incident,' in which a Japanese communist extremist group hijacked an aircraft and crossed into North Korea, ... in North Korea

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Shiro Akagi, one of the members of the 1970 Yodo-go hijacking group who defected to North Korea and was internationally wanted, has died, according to sources. Police authorities are also working to confirm the information. According to sources, information has been received from local contacts that Shiro Akagi (78) died of heart failure at a hospital in Pyongyang, North Korea, on September 12th. Akagi had suffered from heart disease for several…

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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