The death penalty of Shinji Aoba, 46, whose 2019 arson attack killed 36 people at an anime studio, was finalised in January ...

Shinji Aoba was found guilty Thursday of setting fire to an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan in 2019 Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been working at ...

The doctor who treated the severe burns of convicted arsonist Shinji Aoba said he wants to continue thinking about the meaning of the life he saved. Aoba was sentenced to death on Jan. 25 for the ...

KYOTO—Shinji Aoba, perpetrator of the worst postwar mass murder in Japan, was sentenced to death on Jan. 25 for killing 36 people in an arson attack at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in 2019.

The source said Shinji Aoba, 46, later regretted withdrawing his appeal against the Kyoto District Court ruling in January 2024 over the incident that killed 36 people and injured 32 at the ...

Shinji Aoba, 45, was convicted on Thursday over the blaze at the studios of Kyoto Animation -- Japan's deadliest crime in decades. On Friday, his defence team, who had entered a plea of not guilty ...

Perpetrator: Aoba being transported on a stretcher to the Fushimi police station in Kyoto in this file picture from May 27, 2020. — AFP Shinji Aoba faces five charges including murder ...

The death penalty of Shinji Aoba, 46, whose 2019 arson attack killed 36 people at an anime studio, was finalised in January when he withdrew his appeal. There is widespread criticism of the system ...

One witness says he was yelling that the studio had stolen his idea. Police say the suspect is 41-year-old Shinji Aoba from Saitama City, just north of Tokyo. He has never worked for Kyoto Animation.