Kyoto anime studio fire: Japanese man sentenced to death for arson attack that killed 36
Kyoto Animation, better known as KyoAni, is an anime studio that has had some success. The guy convicted of the arson attack had been convinced that KyoAni had stolen some of his ideas, and sought revenge.
Shinji Aoba, now 45, broke into the firm’s building in Kyoto, doused the entrance area with petrol and set it alight. He then shouted “drop dead”, according to accounts by survivors of Japan’s deadliest crime in decades. Many of the victims were young people.
Yes Japan still has the death penalty. It is usually reserved for people found guilty of multiple murders, while they aren't Texas, or Oklahoma, they do occasionally execute someone.
Japan carried out its last execution, by hanging, in 2022. As of December, 107 people were on death row.
The article notes that the majority of the Japanese population supports capital punishment, but they have to get in a dig about the EU and "human rights" organizations being against it.
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