Japan’s most wanted: Fugitive emerges after 50 years on the run; another suspect nabbed days after

A poster of Satoshi Kirishima (foreground) at a train station in Tokyo. PHOTO: AFP

TOKYO: When a fugitive for nearly 50 years, Satoshi Kirishima, emerged suddenly, it caused a sensation.

But what was also remarkable was how, a few days after his surprise emergence of his own volition, the police caught yakuza member Shigeyuki Kin, who had spent three years on the run.