Rightist arrested for intimidating Korean residents' group

A Japanese ultranationalist was arrested Monday on suspicion of trying to intimidate members of a North Korea-affiliated association of Korean residents in Japan by sending through the mail a package containing a severed finger and a threatening letter, the police said.

Yoshitaka Fukumoto, 27, an executive member of the right-wing group, sent the package with a postmark in Kagaoshima Prefecture to So Man Sul, chairman of Chongryun, the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, on Sept 16, according to investigations. The Metropolitan Police Department determined the sender was Fukumoto from fingerprints on the envelope, the police said.