After the visit, Takuya Matsunaga, who lost his wife and daughter, said that he hopes the perpetrator s words can provide hints on how similar incidents can be prevented.
A 92-year-old former top bureaucrat sentenced to five years in prison over a fatal Tokyo car accident in 2019 is ordered to pay around 140 million yen ($932,000) to bereaved family and other victims of the accident that sparked a debate on elderly drivers in rapidly graying Japan.