Dying man tells police he was on Japan’s most wanted list for 50 years
A dying man in a Japanese hospital told police that he was one of the country’s most wanted fugitives and had been on the run for nearly 50 years for being part of a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1970s, police have said.
After receiving a tip, police went to the hospital near Tokyo last week to question the 70-year-old man.
He told them he had terminal cancer and wanted to die under his real name, Satoshi Kirishima, instead of his alias, and disclosed previously unknown details about the bombings, police said.
On Monday, four days after the questioning, the man died without police having confirmed his identity.
DNA tests conducted on him and on relatives showed they were compatible, Kyodo News reported on Friday. Police would not confirm that report.
“We believe that the man who died at the hospital after claiming to be Satoshi Kirishima was actually the suspect,” National Police Agency chief said Thursday.
Born in 1954, Kirishima was a university student in Tokyo when he became involved in extremism and joined the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front, a militant group that carried out a series of bombings targeting major Japanese companies in the 1970s.
Eight people died and more than 160 were injured in the 1975 bombing of a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries building, which was blamed on the group.
Kirishima was allegedly involved in a number of the bombings.
He was wanted on charges of setting off a timebomb in a building in Tokyo’s upmarket Ginza district in April 1975 in which no one was injured.
Although not a key member of the group, he was said to be the only one of 10 members who was never caught.
translation
sentence:
日本一名男子临终前向警方坦述，他是日本的头号通缉犯之一，近50年来一直在逃，原因是他曾是上世纪70年代执行爆炸袭击的激进组织的成员。
警方表示，接到线报后，他们上周前往东京附近的一家医院询问这名70岁的男子。 他告诉警方，自己癌症晚期，想要以他的真实姓名桐岛聪死去，而不是用他的化名，并透露了有关爆炸袭击的未知细节。 在询问后的四天，即周一，这名男子在未经警方确认身份的情况下去世。 据《共同新闻社》周五报道，对他和亲属进行的DNA测试显示相容。警方未证实该报道。 “我们相信，在医院声称是桐岛聪并在那里去世的男子实际上就是犯罪嫌疑人，”国家警察厅厅长周四表示。 桐岛聪于1954年出生，是东京的一名大学生，当时涉足极端主义，并加入了东亚反日武装前线，这是一支在上世纪70年代执行了一系列针对日本主要公司进行爆炸袭击的激进组织。 该组织被指责在1975年对三菱重工业大楼进行的爆炸中造成8人死亡，160多人受伤。 据说桐岛聪参与了多起爆炸袭击。 他被指控在1975年4月在东京高档银座区的一栋建筑中引爆了一颗定时炸弹，但没有人受伤。 虽然他不是该组织的主要成员，但据说他是10名成员中唯一一个一直在逃的人。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "wanted",
"trans": [
"adj. 被警方追捕的，被通缉的；为人渴望和喜爱的，受人照料的",
"v. 需要；想要，希望；（用于提出建议）应该（**** 的过去式和过去分词形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈwɑːntɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "fugitive",
"trans": [
"adj. 逃亡的；无常的；易变的",
"n. 逃亡者；难捕捉之物"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfjuːdʒətɪv'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "on the run",
"trans": [
"逃亡；奔波"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "radical",
"trans": [
"adj. 根本的，彻底的；激进的，极端的；全新的，不同凡响的；（增减）急剧的，大幅度的；（人，物）原本的，与生俱来的；<美，非正式>顶呱呱的；（外科，医疗）根治的；<英，史>（19世纪）自由党激进派的；（数）根式的，根号的；词根的；（植）根生的",
"n. 激进分子； 游离基，自由基；词根；（汉字）偏旁，部首；（数）根式；根号"
],
"usphone": "'ˈrædɪk(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "terminal",
"trans": [
"n. 终端；航站楼；终端机；航空终点站",
"adj. 晚期的；不治的；致命的；患绝症的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtɜːrmɪn(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "alias",
"trans": [
"adv. 又名，化名（尤指演员或罪犯",
"n. （尤指罪犯所用的）化名，别名；（文件、互联网地址等用的）别名，假名；假频伪信号",
"v. 错误识别（信号频率），使失真"
],
"usphone": "'ˈeɪliəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "disclose",
"trans": [
"v. 透露，公开；揭开，使显露"
],
"usphone": "'dɪsˈkloʊz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "previously",
"trans": [
"adv. 以前地，先前地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpriːviəsli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "test conducted",
"trans": [
"试验"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "compatible",
"trans": [
"adj. 兼容的；可共存的；可和睦相处的；与……一致的",
"n. 兼容性计算机"
],
"usphone": "'kəmˈpætəb(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "claim",
"trans": [
"v. 索赔；宣称；声明；断言",
"n. 声称；宣称；认领；索取"
],
"usphone": "'kleɪm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "National Police Agency",
"trans": [
"日本警察厅；日本国家警察厅；警政署"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "became involved",
"trans": [
"卷入：参与或涉及某个事件或情况。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "extremism",
"trans": [
"n. 极端主义（尤指政治上的极右或极左）；极端性；过激主义"
],
"usphone": "'ɪkˈstriːmɪzəm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "armed",
"trans": [
"adj. 武装的；有扶手的；有防卫器官的（指动物）",
],
"usphone": "'ɑːrmd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "militant",
"trans": [
"adj. 好斗的，激进的",
"n. 激进分子"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmɪlɪtənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "targeting",
"trans": [
"n. 目标市场选择；确定目标市场",
"v. 把……作为目标（**** 的 ing 形式）"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "'ˈtɑːɡɪtɪŋ'"
},
{
"name": "Mitsubishi",
"trans": [
"n. 三菱（日本公司）"
],
"usphone": "'ˌmɪtsəˈbɪʃiː'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "be blamed on",
"trans": [
"被归咎于"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "allegedly",
"trans": [
"adv. 据说，据宣称"
],
"usphone": "'əˈledʒɪdli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "on charge of",
"trans": [
"被控以…罪；被指控"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "setting off",
"trans": [
"出发"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "timebomb",
"trans": [
"n. 定时炸弹；人肉炸弹（电影名）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtaɪmbɑːm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "upmarket",
"trans": [
"adj. 高档的；高级的"
],
"usphone": "'ˌʌpˈmɑːrkɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "district",
"trans": [
"n. 地区，区域；行政区，辖区；<英>（郡或区以下的）选区",
"v. <美>把……划分成区"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdɪstrɪkt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "key member",
"trans": [
"主要成员；项目负责人；重要成员"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "be said to",
"trans": [
"据说",
"据说具有某种优势或特点"
],
"usphone": "'bi sed tu'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]