The Kyoto District Court said it found the defendant, Shinji Aoba, mentally capable to face punishment for the crimes and announced his capital punishment after a recess in a two-part session on ...

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 ...

The Kyoto District Court said it found the defendant, Shinji Aoba, mentally capable to face punishment for the crimes and announced his capital punishment after a recess in a two-part session on ...

Shinji Aoba, 45, stormed into the building in Kyoto in July, 2019 screaming "drop dead" before setting it alight in one of the deadliest crimes in Japan's recent history. The blaze tore through ...

The defendant, Shinji Aoba, was charged with murder and arson after telling police his work had been plagiarized and that he used gasoline to set fire to the studio. He was found guilty by the ...

The man, Shinji Aoba, admitted in court last year to starting the fire, but his lawyers argued that he was mentally unstable and suffering from delusions during the attack. He had a psychological ...

Shinji Aoba, 45, was charged with multiple counts of murder, attempted murder and arson after he stormed into Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio on July 18, 2019, and set it on fire. The blaze ...

KYOTO—Defense lawyers on Jan. 26 appealed the death sentence given to Shinji Aoba, the arsonist convicted of murdering 36 people in a fire at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in 2019. The decision ...

The trial will now focus on the motive of 45-year-old Shinji Aoba and whether he can be held criminally liable for the 2019 studio blaze that had sent shockwaves across the country. The trial had ...

The Kyoto District Court said it found the defendant, Shinji Aoba, mentally capable to face punishment for the crimes and announced his capital punishment after a recess in a two-part session on ...