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U S MASS MURDER

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2020
Man indicted over Kyoto Animation arson attack that killed 36
Prosecutors indicted a 42-year-old man Wednesday over an arson attack in July last year on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that killed 36 people and injured 33 others.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 11, 2020
Man given death sentence for 2018 murders of five in Kagoshima
Immediately after the ruling was handed down, Tomohiro Iwakura lunged at the prosecutors and had to be restrained by prison officers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2020
Life sentence to be finalized for Peruvian killer of six in Saitama
Vayron Jonathan Nakada Ludena broke into three houses and stabbed the occupants in 2015.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2020
Victims of Sagamihara care home attack mourned
Mourners Sunday visited the scene of an attack on a care home for people with mental disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, four years ago, to honor the victims.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2020
Kyoto Animation studio marks one year since deadly arson attack
Around 100 bereaved family members and company officials on Saturday marked the first anniversary of the country's worst crime in decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 28, 2020
A year after stabbing spree, Kawasaki school remembers victims
A student and the father of another student were killed in the attack that also injured 18 others.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 20, 2020
'Armed bandits' kill 47 in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state
Gunmen killed 47 people in attacks on villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Katsina in the early hours of Saturday, local police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 25, 2020
25 years after Tokyo subway attack, Aum is a shadow of its former self
Doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo's sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway trains shocked Japan and the world, raising concerns over nonstate organizations obtaining weapons of mass destruction.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2020
Japan marks 25 years since deadly Aum sarin attack on Tokyo subway
The cult's founder Shoko Asahara and senior members were executed in 2018.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2020
Sagamihara care home mass murderer won't appeal death penalty ruling
A man who was sentenced to death over the 2016 murder of 19 people with mental disabilities at a care home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, said Wednesday he will not appeal the ruling.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2020
Death penalty sought for man charged with killing 19 in Sagamihara rampage
Prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for a man charged with murdering 19 residents and injuring 26 others at a care home for people with mental disabilities near Tokyo in a knife rampage in 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 8, 2020
Trial of Sagamihara massacre suspect spurs debate on what society may think about people with disabilities
The trial of Satoshi Uematsu, who is accused of killing 19 people with disabilities at a care facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, in 2016, began on Jan. 8 and is expected to end in March. Uematsu admits to the murders. His defense team is trying to convince the judges, who include lay judges, that he carried out the killings with "diminished capacity" owing to marijuana use. This seems to be the only strategy his lawyers could think of to keep him off death row. An evaluation of Uematsu concluded he has "narcissistic personality disorder," but prosecutors argue he can be held criminally responsible for his actions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2020
High court throws out lay judge death sentence over murders of five in 2015
A high court scrapped on Monday a lower court ruling that had sentenced a man to death for killing five people on Awaji Island in 2015, sentencing him instead to life in prison after reviewing his mental state at the time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 24, 2020
Defying his defense, Sagamihara massacre suspect says he's fit for trial
Contradicting his defense team, Satoshi Uematsu told the Yokohama District Court he is mentally fit to take responsibility for the alleged murders of 19 in Kanagawa in 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2020
Families of Kyoto Animation attack victims start receiving workers' comp
The government has started paying out on compensation claims for those killed in the Kyoto Animation Co. studio arson attack after the agency recognized the deaths as work-related.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 10, 2020
Sagamihara massacre suspect back in court after trying to bite off his finger
Two days after being removed for chomping his finger, accused mass murderer Satoshi Uematsu wore mittens on the second day of his trial at Yokohama District Court.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2020
Mother reveals name of 19-year-old victim in 2016 Sagamihara care home murders
The mother of a woman killed in the 2016 attack on a care home in eastern Japan for people with intellectual disabilities disclosed the name of her then-19-year-old daughter before the trial of the accused in the case began Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 14, 2019
Man accused of 2016 mass murder at Sagamihara care home to plead not guilty at trial
The suspect's defense team plans to argue he was mentally incompetent due to marijuana and other drugs when he stabbed the 19 mentally disabled residents at Tsukui Yamayuri En.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2019
American family may have been 'bait' in Mexican cartel fight
The nine American women and children killed in northern Mexico were victims of a territorial dispute between an arm of the Sinaloa Cartel and a rival gang, officials said on Wednesday, and may have been used to lure one side into a firefight.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 31, 2019
Mexico shows footage of 'El Chapo' son's capture, and defends his release to avoid cartel bloodbath
Mexico's government on Wednesday showed dramatic video footage of the moment when its forces briefly captured a son of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman this month before they were ordered to release the suspected trafficker to avoid a bloodbath.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
A new tooth is seen in a ferret's mouth after it was administered a drug to stimulate the growth of tooth buds.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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