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Anti-death penalty campaigners criticize executions in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osamu Kishimoto, coordinator of Amnesty International Japan, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 14 in protest of the executions earlier in the day of two death-row inmates, including Mamoru Takuma, 40, who murdered eight schoolchildren in Osaka Prefecture in 2001 in a school attack. ''The whole picture of the mass murder has not been fully clarified yet. The execution passed over the murder case in silence,'' the international human rights watchdog said.

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Lawyers for Takuma appeal death sentence

OSAKA, Japan - Shigeki Todani (R), chief lawyer for Mamoru Takuma, who was sentenced to death Aug. 28 for murdering eight children at Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, in June 2001, speaks to reporters about an appeal against the sentence filed with the Osaka High Court. Takuma, however, has said he does not want to appeal.

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(2)Takuma sentenced to death for school mass murder

OSAKA, Japan - Ikeda Elementary School pupils go to school in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 28, shortly before Mamoru Takuma was sentenced to death for murdering eight children and injuring 13 others and two teachers in a stabbing rampage at the school in June 2001.

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Prosecutors demand death for Takuma for school massacre

OSAKA, Japan - The relatives (foreground) of victims in a stabbing rampage at Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka on June 8, 2001 attend a news conference in Osaka on May 22. Earlier, prosecutors demmanded the death penalty for Mamoru Takuma accused of slaughtering eight children and injuring 13 others and two teachers in the school massacre.

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(3)Prosecutors demand death for Takuma for school massacre

OSAKA, Japan - People form long queues out side the Osaka District Court on May 22 for admission tickets to a court trial for Mamoru Takuma, 39, who was accused of slaughtering eight children and injuuring 13 others and two teachers in a stabbing rampage at an Osaka elementary school in 2001.

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(2)Prosecutors demand death for Takuma for school massacre

OSAKA, Japan - People form long queues out side the Osaka District Court on May 22 for admission tickets to a court trial for Mamoru Takuma, 39, who was accused of slaughtering eight children and injuuring 13 others and two teachers in a stabbing rampage at an Osaka elementary school in 2001.

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(3)Takuma pleads guilty to Osaka school stabbing massacre

OSAKA, Japan - Flowers are laid at the gate of Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 27, the first day of the trial for Mamoru Takua, who is accused of killing eight children and inuring 13 others and two teachers at the school in June. Takuma pleaded guilty to the charges.

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(2)Takuma pleads guilty to Osaka school stabbing massacre

OSAKA, Japan - People form long lines in front of the Osaka District Court on Dec. 27 to get tickets for the first hearing of the trial for Mamoru Takuma, who is accused of killing eight children and inuring 13 others and two teachers at Ikeda Elementary school in Osaka Prefecture in June. Takuma pleaded guilty to his charges.

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Alleged school killer apologized: lawyer

OSAKA, Japan - Shigeki Todani, lawyer for Mamoru Takuma, 37, suspected of killing eight children in a June 8 stabbing spree at an Osaka school, speaks at a news conference Aug. 3, showing a letter Takuma addressed to him apologizing for his actions.

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Takuma's home searched in school stabbing murder case

OSAKA, Japan - Investigators enter the home of Mamoru Takuma, a 37-year-old man in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, who allegedly stabbed eight children to death at the Ikeda Elementary School in the city on June 8.

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(3)Takuma pleads guilty to Osaka school stabbing massacre

OSAKA, Japan - Flowers are laid at the gate of Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 27, the first day of the trial for Mamoru Takua, who is accused of killing eight children and inuring 13 others and two teachers at the school in June. Takuma pleaded guilty to the charges.

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Lawyers urge look into man's personality over school killings

OSAKA, Japan - Lawyers for Mamoru Takuma (file photo), accused of murdering eight children at the state-run Ikeda Elementary school in Osaka Prefecture last year, urged the Osaka District Court on Jan. 7 to look into how Takuma's personality was formed and led to the stabbing spree. Takuma, 38, pleaded guilty in the first hearing Dec. 27 to the stabbing at the school June 8.

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Anti-death penalty campaigners criticize executions in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Osamu Kishimoto, coordinator of Amnesty International Japan, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 14 in protest of the executions earlier in the day of two death-row inmates, including Mamoru Takuma, 40, who murdered eight schoolchildren in Osaka Prefecture in 2001 in a school attack. ''The whole picture of the mass murder has not been fully clarified yet. The execution passed over the murder case in silence,'' the international human rights watchdog said. (Kyodo)

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Suspect identified

IKEDA, Japan - Photo shows Mamoru Takuma, 37, who stabbed eight children to death with a kitchen knife and injured 15 other people, including two teachers, in an indiscriminate attack June 8 at an elementary school in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture.

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Prosecutors demand death for Takuma for school massacre

OSAKA, Japan - The relatives (foreground) of victims in a stabbing rampage at Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka on June 8, 2001 attend a news conference in Osaka on May 22. Earlier, prosecutors demmanded the death penalty for Mamoru Takuma accused of slaughtering eight children and injuring 13 others and two teachers in the school massacre. (Kyodo)

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(2)Takuma pleads guilty to Osaka school stabbing massacre

OSAKA, Japan - People form long lines in front of the Osaka District Court on Dec. 27 to get tickets for the first hearing of the trial for Mamoru Takuma, who is accused of killing eight children and inuring 13 others and two teachers at Ikeda Elementary school in Osaka Prefecture in June. Takuma pleaded guilty to his charges.

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(1)Takuma pleads guilty to Osaka school stabbing massacre

OSAKA, Japan - Mamoru Takuma (file photo) pleads guilty to charges of killing eight children and injuring 13 others and two teachers at Ikeda Elementary school in Osaka Prefecture on June 8 during the first hearing of his trial at the Osaka District Court on Dec. 27.

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Lawyers for Takuma appeal death sentence

OSAKA, Japan - Shigeki Todani (R), chief lawyer for Mamoru Takuma, who was sentenced to death Aug. 28 for murdering eight children at Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, in June 2001, speaks to reporters about an appeal against the sentence filed with the Osaka High Court. Takuma, however, has said he does not want to appeal. (Kyodo)

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(2)Takuma sentenced to death for school mass murder

OSAKA, Japan - Ikeda Elementary School pupils go to school in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 28, shortly before Mamoru Takuma was sentenced to death for murdering eight children and injuring 13 others and two teachers in a stabbing rampage at the school in June 2001. (Kyodo)

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(1)Takuma sentenced to death for school mass murder

OSAKA, Japan - Mamoru Takuma (file photo) was sentenced to death on Aug. 28 for murdering eight children and injuring 13 others and two teachers in a stabbing rampage at the Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka Prefecture in June 2001. Presiding Judge Masayuki Kawaai read out the sentence in the absence of Takuma, 39, who caused a commotion and was removed from the courtroom on the judge's orders. (Kyodo)

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Takuma deemed mentally fit, indictment possible

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Mamoru Takuma, suspected of killing eight children in a June 8 stabbing spree at an Osaka school. Doctors conducting a psychological assessment of Takuma have concluded he was mentally competent at the time, prompting prosecutors to consider his indictment in September.

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Alleged school killer apologized: lawyer

OSAKA, Japan - Shigeki Todani, lawyer for Mamoru Takuma, 37, suspected of killing eight children in a June 8 stabbing spree at an Osaka school, speaks at a news conference Aug. 3, showing a letter Takuma addressed to him apologizing for his actions.

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Police conduct on-site murder probe with Takuma at school

OSAKA, Japan - Mamoru Takuma, the man arrested on suspicion of murdering eight children at Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture on June 8, gets out of a police car at the school on July 2 to take part in a police inspection of the murder scene.

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Child killer suspect pens letter of repentance+

OSAKA, Japan - Mamoru Takuma, the suspect in the June 8 slaying of eight schoolchildren in Osaka Prefecture, leaves Ikeda Police Station in Osaka Prefecture on June 22 for questioning at the Osaka Public Prosecutors' Office. Takuma has written a letter of repentance, but was pressured into doing so by the police, his lawyer said.

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Takuma sent to prosecutors in school massacre case

IKEDA, Japan - Mamoru Takuma (C), arrested June 8 on suspicion of stabbing to death eight children at the Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, is sent to the Osaka prosecutors office June 10.

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Takuma's home searched in school stabbing murder case

OSAKA, Japan - Investigators enter the home of Mamoru Takuma, a 37-year-old man in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, who allegedly stabbed eight children to death at the Ikeda Elementary School in the city on June 8.