Shinji Aoba, now 46, killed 36 people in one of Japan’s deadliest mass murders in recent history - Anadolu Ajansı

A man charged with the 2019 fatal arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio has dropped his appeal to overturn his death sentence,

Thirty-six people died when he broke into a studio building and set it on fire. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Shinji Aoba, who murdered people at Kyoto Animation in an arson attack, was given the death penalty in 2024, and he appealed the ruling.

An attack by Aoba in July 2019 at a studio run by the animation powerhouse caused the deaths of 36 people and injured 32 others.

The Osaka High Court announced that Shinji Aoba, the suspect of the arson murder case that killed 36 people and wounded 32 others at Kyoto Animation, has withdrawn the appeal to his death sentence on Monday.

Authorities in Japan say one person is dead and two others are injured after a knife attack Wednesday night outside a train station in Nagano

A deadly knife attack outside Nagano train station in central Japan resulted in one death and two injuries. A search is underway for the suspect, described as an unfamiliar middle-aged man. The tragedy highlights the rarity yet impact of violent crimes in Japan.

One person died and two others were injured in a knife attack outside a train station in central Japan, authorities said. Police were looking for a suspect who fled after the attack in Nagano on Wednesday night.

External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar on Wednesday termed the arson attack on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco in 2023 as a "very serious matter" and called for those responsible to be held accountable.

TOKYO: A Japanese man sentenced to death for an arson attack that killed 36 people at an anime studio has dropped his appeal and accepted the court's penalty, a lawyer and local media said Tuesday (Jan 28).

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and its volunteers’ wing Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak