A Tokyo court sentenced a man to 19 years in prison for attempted murder after he stabbed three people and lit a fire on a Tokyo train in August 2021, ruling he had a strong intent to kill. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/14/national/crime-legal/tokyo-train-sentencing/?utm_content=bufferc6e92&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #tokyo #rail #odakyuline #japanesecourts #yusuketsushima
Man sentenced to 19-year prison term for stabbings and arson on Tokyo train

In delivering the ruling, the presiding judge said that the defendant had made extensive preparations in order to “kill as many people as possible.”

The Japan Times