Japan Imprisons Passenger for ANA Hijacking

Yuji Nishizawa, 34, the man who killed All Nippon Airways Capt. Naoyuki Nagashima after hijacking a 747 bound from Tokyo to Chitose in July 1999, has been sentenced to an indefinite period of imprisonment. That usually means 20 years' confinement and is Japan's second-most severe sentence, after the...

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