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.
KANAZAWA Toshie Takenaka has lost her appetite. She sleeps while wrapped in layers of blankets, with only a thin vinyl sheet separating her from the winter elements.
Instead of chimes ringing on Jan. 9, many schools in areas severely damaged by the powerful New Year’s Day earthquake were silent as they postponed the start of the new semester.
In the chilly, drizzling rain, a man with an umbrella watched firefighters trying to rescue a woman trapped in the rubble from a seven-story building that had collapsed on an “izakaya” pub and residence.
KYOTO A Ground Self-Defense Force member was arrested in Tokyo on Dec. 10 on suspicion of murdering an 82-year-old man in an apparent random attack in Kyoto, police said.