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Sentence over 2008 Akihabara rampage

Sentence over 2008 Akihabara rampage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on June 8, 2008, shows police examining the site of a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district. The Tokyo High Court on Sept. 12, 2012, upheld the death sentence given to Tomohiro Kato, a 29-year-old man, for killing seven people and injuring 10 others in the rampage.

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4th anniversary of Akihabara rampage

4th anniversary of Akihabara rampage

TOKYO, Japan - A man prays at the site of the 2008 car and stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district on June 8, 2012, on the fourth anniversary of the incident that killed seven people and injured 10 others.

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Site around Akihabara stabbing rampage

Site around Akihabara stabbing rampage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on June 8, 2008, shows an intersection in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district around where Tomohiro Kato hit five pedestrians, of whom three were killed and two were injured, with a truck and fatally stabbed four people on the same day. The Tokyo District Court sentenced Kato to death on March 24, 2011, over the incident.

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Angels' Matsui 1-for-4 against Twins

Angels' Matsui 1-for-4 against Twins

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels left fielder Hideki Matsui walks to the team's bench after the top of the sixth inning during a game against the Minnesota Twins at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 8, 2010. Matsui, who played defense in a regular-season game for the first time since June 15, 2008, went 1-for-4 in a 10-1 loss to the Twins.

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Angels' Matsui 1-for-4 against Twins

Angels' Matsui 1-for-4 against Twins

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels left fielder Hideki Matsui hits a single to left in the eighth inning of a game against the Minnesota Twins at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on April 8, 2010. Matsui, who played defense in a regular-season game for the first time since June 15, 2008, went 1-for-4 in a 10-1 loss to the Twins.

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16 security cameras installed at Akihabara

16 security cameras installed at Akihabara

TOKYO, Japan - A security camera is seen installed at a street light in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Jan. 26, 2010. A total of 16 security cameras were installed in part of the district, known as Akihabara Electric Town, where seven people were killed and 10 others injured in a stabbing spree on June 8, 2008.

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16 security cameras installed in Akihabara

16 security cameras installed in Akihabara

TOKYO, Japan - People gather around a security camera installed on a streetlight in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Jan. 26, 2010. A total of 16 security cameras were installed in part of the district, known as Akihabara Electric Town, where seven people were killed and 10 others injured in a stabbing spree on June 8, 2008.

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Akihabara marks 1st anniversary of deadly stabbing rampage

Akihabara marks 1st anniversary of deadly stabbing rampage

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows the intersection in Tokyo's Akihabara district where a deadly stabbing rampage occurred June 8, 2008. A man (foreground) prays for the victims to mark the first anniversary of the incident.

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Assailant in fatal 2008 rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara executed

Assailant in fatal 2008 rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara executed

Japanese Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 26, 2022, after a man was executed earlier in the day over a 2008 rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district. On June 8, 2008, the man ran down pedestrians with a truck, killing three people, before fatally stabbing four others with a dagger after exiting the vehicle.

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