Long hair, youthful smile, thick glasses slightly askew: for decades, the black-and-white photo of one of Japan's most wanted fugitives has been a ubiquitous sight at police boxes nationwide. But after nearly 50 years on the run, the mystery of what happened to Satoshi Kirishima -- a former member of a leftist group behind deadly bombings in the 1970s -- could soon be solved. An elderly cancer patient in his final days confessed to being the notorious radical before passing away, Japanese media say. IMAGES