A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a 74-year-old far-left activist, who had been on the run for decades, to 20 years in prison for killing a policeman, among other charges, during a riot in Tokyo in 1971.The decision by the Tokyo District Court came after Masaaki Osaka denied all charges, while prosecutors had sought life imprisonment. He was arrested in 2017, marking an end to his 45 years on the run.According to the ruling, Osaka killed the policeman during a protest with students and other activists on Nov. 14, 1971, in Tokyo's Shibuya district against the ratification of the Japan-U.S…READ FULL ARTICLE
