THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 8, 2020 at 17:55 JST
People line up for a chance to win a seat at the Yokohama District Court, where the trial of a man accused of killing or injuring 45 people opened on Jan. 8. (Reina Kitamura)
YOKOHAMA--A man admitted to murdering 19 people at a facility for disabled people in Kanagawa Prefecture, offered “deep apologies” and then disrupted the first hearing of his trial with erratic behavior. [Read More]
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