Police in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, have re-arrested a 78-year-old man on suspicion of killing a couple in their home in December. Kaoru Sakamaki, who was initially arrested on suspicion of arson ...

Shinji Aoba, now 46, killed 36 people in one of Japan’s deadliest mass murders in recent history - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Shinji Aoba withdraws death sentence appeal in Kyoto Animation Arson case. Tragic arson attack resulted in 36 deaths and ...

An attack by Aoba in July 2019 at a studio run by the animation powerhouse caused the deaths of 36 people and injured 32 ...

Thirty-six people died when he broke into a studio building and set it on fire. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Prosecutors described the arson attack as “revenge driven by a ... The number of victims is believed to the largest in a murder case in Japan during the postwar period. The National Police ...

The perpetrator of the Kyoto Animation arson attack has withdrawn his appeal for the verdict sentencing him to death.

Monday, January 27, 2025 saw the Osaka High Court officially announce that Shinji Aoba, the Kyoto Animation arson suspect, has withdrawn the appeal to his previous death sentence.

TOKYO: A Japanese man sentenced to death for an arson attack that killed 36 people at an anime studio has dropped his appeal ...