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SENTENCE 2

JAPAN
Jul 16, 2019
Sentence of man found guilty in 2015 murder of 11-year-old to remain despite change in mental illness diagnosis
Osaka High Court confirmed Tuesday a 16-year sentence for a mentally ill man who killed an elementary school student in 2015, imposing the same punishment as a lower court despite a new psychiatric assessment finding he suffers from a different condition than the one initially diagnosed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 11, 2019
Death sentence finalized for Yamaguchi man who killed five neighbors in 2013
Kosei Homi and his lawyers had pleaded not guilty, claiming he could not be held criminally responsible by reason of insanity or diminished mental capacity.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 15, 2016
Ex-Japanese baseball star Kiyohara's suspended drug sentence stands
The court decision to give former Japanese baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara a suspended term for possessing, using and purchasing illegal drugs was finalized as of midnight Tuesday after prosecutors and the defendant decided not to appeal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2016
Man gets life for Tochigi girl's murder despite lack of physical evidence
In a controversial decision, the Utsunomiya District Court sentences a man to life for killing a Tochigi girl after judging the case solely on confessions rather than physical evidence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2015
Man serving life for murder gets death sentence for another slaying
A man sentenced to life over a high-profile yami saito (darkness website) murder case in 2007 is sentenced to death for a different slaying committed nine years earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2015
Costa Concordia skipper Schettino gets 16 years for fatal shipwreck
An Italian court sentenced the former captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner to 16 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in the 2012 shipwreck that killed 32 people off the Tuscan holiday island of Giglio.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2014
Life sentence sought for Tokyo man in killing of teenage ex-girlfriend
Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for a 22-year-old man who has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his former girlfriend last October in a high-profile stalking-murder case in Mitaka, western Tokyo.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2014
Man gets death for 2011 robbery-murders in Osaka
The Osaka District Court sentenced a 52-year-old man to death Monday for killing two people in two separate robberies in Osaka Prefecture in 2011.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2013
Death penalty from lay judge trial overturned
The Tokyo High Court overturns a lower court decision in a lay judge trial that sentenced a 62-year-old man to death for murder, commuting the sentence to life in prison.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 28, 2013
Malaysia court rejects Japanese woman's appeal of drug-smuggling death sentence
A 38-year-old Japanese woman sentenced to death for attempting to smuggle drugs into Malaysia on Wednesday lost her appeal.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2013
Killer of female student in Romania given life
A Romanian court sentenced a man to life imprisonment Thursday for the rape and murder of a Japanese university student last August, two separate slayings and other crimes, the national news agency Agerpres reported.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 16, 2013
Killer of one had no rap sheet, sentenced to hang
In a first for Japan's judicial system, a man is sentenced to hang for killing a woman even though there was only one victim and he had no prior criminal record.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
Hybrid work takes root in Japan, survey finds
A dealer works in the trading room at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo on March 28. An overwhelming majority of respondents who currently work remotely in some capacity say they wish to continue to do so.
Shohei Ohtani signs deal with sports technology company Rapsodo
Shohei Ohtani has been appointed as the new technology ambassador for Rapsodo, the company announced Monday.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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