KARUNA SHINSHO, ASIA TONIGHT: Japanese authorities are reportedly investigating whether a man detained at Narita Airport is the son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. That's according to a statement released by Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi. For details, we go to journalist Peter Hadfield in Tokyo. Peter, what can you tell us?</s>PETER HADFIELD, JOURNALIST: Well, we know that the man - he is about 29 years old, exactly the same age as Kim Jong-nam, who is the son of Kim Jong-il, the president of North Korea. He came here on a flight from Singapore with a 4-year-old boy and two women who are thought to be relatives. Now they arrived on Dominican Republic passports, which were forged, and that's why they were detained. Apparently - and now we are getting into the realms of sources within the justice ministry because none of this is yet official - this is still an unfolding story. But apparently, he was recognized, and that is why he was detained. And the date on the passport is exactly the same date as Kim Jong- nam's birth date. So that is what made the authorities suspicious. They say if it is Kim Jong-nam, they don't think that this is some kind of defection. According to South Korean sources, he has actually come to Japan a couple of times before on a forged passport. And what they would do is deport him and send him to China. But right now, we have got no official clarification of that. Karuna.</s>SHINSHO: OK, Peter Hadfield reporting from Tokyo. END TO ORDER VIDEOTAPES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF CNN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE THE SECURE ONLINE ORDER FROM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Japanese Officials Detain Man Believed To Be Kim Jong-il's Son