The Tokyo High Court handed down guilty verdicts Friday to three peace activists for trespassing on a Self-Defense Forces housing compound where they had been distributing antiwar leaflets, overruling their lower court acquittals.</PARAGRAPH>
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<TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>Nobuhiro Onishi –
, Sachimi Takada (center) and Toshiyuki Obora face reporters Friday in Tokyo after the high court ruled their antiwar-leaflet distribution constituted trespassing.
Nobuhiro Onishi was fined 100,000 yen, while Sachimi Takada and Toshiyuki Obora were fined 200,000 yen. The defendants said they will appeal to the Supreme Court.
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