(He is now, in principle, under US military control due to Japan's extradition treaty with the US. However, the US is looking the other way, for the time being, while Jenkins is being treated in a Tokyo hospital following slipshod North Korean medical operations on him. he will not apparantly be arrested right away.)
Here is the URL for one of many streaming internet videos on Japanese TV of his arrival at Haneda Airport and then at a Tokyo hospital (his two daughters also officially removed their "Kim Il Sung" lapel badges, that each person must wear in North Korean in public) (300k streaming video):
http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20040719-00000005-jnn-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k
On the one hand, you have the curious comments of the Jenkins' relatives back in the States, who purport strange-sounding letters from Jenkins out of North Korea that point up suspicions--and it is true that "kidnapping" was and is a national industry of North Korea.
But on the other hand, as apparant to many old Japan Hands/Watchers, (including self), the wheel-chair, crutches and hobbling scene at the Japanese airport today seems to be one big staged act, typical in Japan when people are avoiding the law (they go straight to a hospital, where they are "safe.")
The US can't do much about it right now.
This guy has the look of a long life of shame and unhappiness. Maybe he needs to go on Rosie's cruise.
Hey, I thought the Potbellied Pinko's Worker's Paradise had the best health care! Why should he need to seek care elsewhere?