Top court upholds death for man convicted of killing 5 in train station rampage

Friday 11th July, 04:32 PM JST

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sabinuki at 04:35 PM JST - 11th July

God just fry him already. Enough of my hard earned yen has already been spent on his miso soup.
timorborder at 05:04 PM JST - 11th July

Good day for the courts. Rapist goes down for 30 years and this guy gets the rope.
tokyotom at 05:27 PM JST - 11th July

mr. Kato (akiba) can see his fate now
Altria at 05:46 PM JST - 11th July

Maybe he was angry that someone sold him dud sleeping pills.
sabinuki at 05:51 PM JST - 11th July

Maybe he was angry that someone sold him dud sleeping pills.

It's possible (笑) Let's not also rule out the possibility of him confusing the accelerator with the brake on his way to offering freshly cut slices of tuna to the neighborhood.
serindipity at 06:01 PM JST - 11th July

the defendant was insane at the time of the rampage.

Oh der! Really? Does this ring some bells of a recent event in Akihabara? Talk about copy-cats. However, I still don't agree with the death penalty. It is too easy! I have no problem with having a small percentage of my taxes used to make sure this loser and others like him (Kato) spend the rest of their lives suffering. Death is just too easy!
Spider at 06:14 PM JST - 11th July

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Maybe he was angry that someone sold him dud sleeping pills

Indeed. How did he not puke, collapse or at least just sleep before he killed those people.
ashishbhandiye at 10:25 PM JST - 11th July

how is death penalty enforced in Japan? is it 13 years of jail and let off after that for good behaviour or execution by rope or leathal Injection? what is law in japan
Youdontknow at 11:31 PM JST - 11th July

This happened just 8 days before I arrived in Japan! I saw this on the news....no love lost for this scumbag!
Yatta at 03:47 AM JST - 12th July

how is death penalty enforced in Japan? is it 13 years of jail and let off after that for good behaviour or execution by rope or lethal Injection? what is law in japan

The death penalty, done by hanging, can be used in cases where a person is convicted of multiple murders. The most recent hanging was carried out last month.
romulus3 at 04:14 AM JST - 12th July

Uwabe took 120 sleeping pills

I don't think so. if you took that many, there is no chance of brutal killings. your organs would just fail. you would just die. no way to drive a car or kill people. just be a dieing drone on a mattress.
timeon at 10:55 PM JST - 12th July

I agree with that. a friend of mine took 13 sleeping pills and he was in a coma. depends on the pills of course, but 130 it's impossible
timeon at 10:56 PM JST - 12th July

make that 120