THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 10, 2019 at 17:15 JST
Ichiro Kojima, 23, is charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with a stabbing rampage on a Shinkansen bullet train in Kanagawa Prefecture in June 2018. (Provided by a relative)
ODAWARA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Prosecutors sought life imprisonment for a man who fatally stabbed one passenger and injured two others on a Shinkansen train last year while the defendant said he will kill again if he is allowed out of prison. [Read More]
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