Fujimori writing autobiography in prison

I don't understand how a politician (and a former president at that) can hold dual nationality, especially considering Japan doesn't allow it for adults.

Remember when after the s*** hit the fan in Peru he came to Japan and had people trying to get him to run for office in this country.... When his ten years are done Ishin no Kai might give him a call up. LOL

I don't understand how a politician (and a former president at that) can hold dual nationality, especially considering Japan doesn't allow it for adults. Yes, Pukey, that's not the half of it. During his presidency, there was a scandal at one point that he was ineligible for president as he hadn't been born in Peru. After that it was clearly established (by the fujimori side) that he was in fact born there, and as Peruvian as they come. Didn't stop him from faxing his resignation while on a business trip when the sh*t hit the fan there, and then using his second generation Japanese status to get quickie Japanese nationality. In 2 weeks! Course then, with his ultra rightist backers here, helped by savings cannily spirited away while president of Peru, he lived the life of Riley for five years, even running for office. Don't think even his backers and handlers could convince Japanese voters however of his patent gaijinidad - I didn't actually hear him speak Japanese, but I don't think it would have impressed a true son of Yamato, his intended electorate. Running around in a bullet proof vest at the front of the commandos after they stormed the Japanese embassy to end the siege back in 1997 wasn't enough of an election ticket here.

Personally, I think his presence here became an embarressment to those same right wingers who took him in when he first legged it from Peru, and there were behind the scenes moves to tap him on the shoulder. Otherwise I can't explain how he got it into his head to land in Chile of all places, where the then president had herself been tortured under Pinochet's brutal dictatiorship in the 70's and 80's, and there's no way he could quietly transit to Peru, where he hoped the Fujimorista machine could once again manipulate the judiciary and let him walk. Anyway, thankfully, the Chileans did what they did, and the Peruvian got him extradited for human rights abuses and corruption, tried and sentenced. In other words, justice was done.

By the way, JT, the article incorrectly suggests he was extradited from Japan. Despite years of requests and detailed depositions from the Peruvian government of the time , the Japanese government refused to extradite him. No surprise there.

Anyway, I'm glad to know that he remains in the right place, that justice was done, and he's serving out his sentence. Good luck to him with the paintings and the memoirs.

I guess he has plenty of time on his hands.

He could call it "Ten Years of Struggle Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice."

Then he couldn't hack it here and thought I'd rather be in prison in Peru and went back.What does that tell anyone?

The truth of matter is JAPAN DID NOT WANT HIM.

“I now devote more time to painting and also to writing my autobiography"

I want to serve a sentence at this police base!

In Brazil presidents can't be arrested and probably he was living in Florida at this time...

Although there are merits and demerits, his prison term is unreasonable and politically tinged.

as_the_crow_flies: what you wrote is almost correct. Forgot to mention that Fujimori remarried to a female yakuza and owner of a shady hotel nearby Meguro. Kataoka was classified in a book as one of the " Ten most stupid women in Japan" just next to Debbie Sukarno. Kataoka is anything but stupid. She kept a medium ranking member of the Japanese Ministry of Justice in her hotel for a few years and when shit started to fly the guy felt the heat from the Media about his association with the Yakuza and wheeling and dealings regarding Fujimori wanted out, she invoiced him for every little thing he used during his stay including the suite he stayed. He refused to pay. Kataoka simply disclosed him to the Media. To make a long story short, Fujimori even was welcomed to Koyama Driving School in Futago Tamagawa, where turncoat and North Korean Sleeper Jenkins went, and got his driver's license BUT never had a chance to drive in Japan since he had to leave this country with his newly wedded wife Kataoka. Not before Kataoka's yakuza group used his name and ex status ( many people remembers Lima's Japanese embassy siege by Shinning Path and Fujimori stubborn stance that led to the liberation of most hostages unscathed and were thankful for that ), to scam tons of money out of gullible Japanese punters with the Inca gold coin scam and opening a restaurant near Meguro station named Fujimori . Dunno if it's still there but I doubt it. Kataoka is friendly with Fujimori's fat daughter and a few slums in Argentine and Peru were given her name . Kataoka also had a go at Japanese local elections but as expected failed badly. Jail is nothing to Fujimori. He can relax and IF he goes ahead with the biography plans, Kodansha International for example, will gladly publish it. K.I. thrives on Scummy stories ...