61.   Japan will not deport Fujimori because he is a Japanese citizen, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.

62.   Japanese Foreign Ministry official Hiroshi Fukuya said some Japanese citizens were believed to have been on board the helicopter.

63.   Japanese law prohibits the extradition of Japanese citizens to face trial for crimes committed in other countries.

64.   Japan granted Fujimori citizenship shortly after his arrival there, and Japanese law prohibits the extradition of Japanese citizens to stand trial for crimes committed in other countries.

65.   Japan said last month it was withholding new commitments while it reviews diplomatic contacts with Pyongyang, which it accuses of abducting Japanese citizens.

66.   Japan says Fujimori cannot be extradited because he is a Japanese citizen.

67.   Konishiki became a Japanese citizen last year.

68.   Kyodo said the group seeks legislation to do away with the current law that restricts government compensation for World War II wounds and deaths to Japanese citizens.

69.   Later Tuesday, Japanese anti-nuclear citizens groups are planning to hold a protest rally outside the Indian embassy in Tokyo.

70.   Konishiki, now a Japanese citizen, is, like Akebono, from Hawaii.