Fujimori to run in Japanese election?

Japanese press said earlier today that ex-Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori will run for election in Japan’s legislature next month. “I have accepted the request by the People's New Party to be a proportional representation candidate,” alleged Fujimori according to a report by Japan’s NTV.

Meanwhile, former members of a Peruvian death squad active in the 1990s accused the former president masterminding the group’s missions including several massacres. The four former agents of the Grupo Colina were convicted yesterday of their role in the 1991 Barrios Altos massacre where agents killed fifteen people while looking for leftist guerillas.

Fujimori is currently under house arrest in Chile where he is expected to be extradited to Peru and face trial for allegations of corruption and human rights abuses during his rule from 1990 to 2000.

Sources (English)- Xinhua, CNN, Wikipedia, The Latin Americanist

Sources (Spanish)- La Republica

Image- China Daily (November 2005 photo of supporters of Alberto Fujimori protesting in Chile)