A man received a suspended prison term Friday over road rage incidents last year, including an attack on a driver captured by a dashboard camera that shocked the public.
The Mito District Court in Ibaraki Prefecture sentenced Fumio Miyazaki, a 44-year-old company executive, to 2½ years in prison, suspended for four years, in one of the most recent high-profile road rage cases in the country.
According to the ruling, Miyazaki forced a car to pull over on the Joban Expressway in Moriya, northeast of Tokyo, on Aug. 10, 2019, by frequently approaching the car while driving side by side and slowing down abruptly in front of it. He then punched the male driver, in his 20s, in the face.