The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for a 62-year-old man convicted of murdering a woman who reported him to police for sexually assaulting her.
The decision by the nation's top court was the final say on sentencing for Takashi Mochida, a former construction worker, for the murder of the 44-year-old woman.
According to the ruling, Mochida had served a seven-year prison term for the rape and was released in 1997.