THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 19, 2019 at 18:10 JST
Ichiro Kojima, second from right, at the Odawara Police Station in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, immediately after a stabbing spree aboard a Shinkansen train in June 2018 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
ODAWARA, Kanagawa Prefecture--A man handed a life prison term for a fatal stabbing spree aboard a Shinkansen train shouted "banzai" three times after the judge passed sentence on Dec. 18. [Read More]
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