High court upholds lower court's ruling over stalking case

High court upholds lower court's ruling over stalking case

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of Shiori Ino -- Kenichi Ino (R) and his wife Kyoko (L) -- speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26 after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling that the Saitama prefectural police failed in their investigations into a stalking case involving Shiori, a female college student, who was later murdered in 1999.

Saitama ordered to redress parents of slain student

Saitama ordered to redress parents of slain student

SAITAMA, Japan - Kenichi and Kyoko Ino, whose daughter Shiori (pictured in the frame) was stalked and murdered in 1999 in Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture, despite filing a complaint with prefectural police, walk to the Saitama District Court on Feb. 26. The court ordered Saitama Prefecture to pay 5.5 million yen in damages to the parents because it had ''betrayed'' the girl's trust in the incident.

Murder victim featured in school guidebook

Murder victim featured in school guidebook

URAWA, Japan - A female university student, the victim of a fatal stalking case in Saitama Prefecture in October last year, is featured in a photo (bottom left) in her school's new guidebook as a student hard at work in a classroom. The photo of Shiori Ino, a 21-year-old student at Atomi College, appears in the women's college's Guidebook 2001 for the next fiscal year starting in April.

2 men handed prison terms for slaying of Saitama student

2 men handed prison terms for slaying of Saitama student

SAITAMA, Japan - File photo shows Yoshifumi Kubota, 36, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison July 17 for stabbing a female college student to death in front of JR Okegawa Station in Saitama Prefecture in 1999. Yoshitaka Ito, 34, was also sentenced to 15 years for killing Shiori Ino, then 21.

High court upholds lower court's ruling over stalking case

High court upholds lower court's ruling over stalking case

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of Shiori Ino -- Kenichi Ino (R) and his wife Kyoko (L) -- speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26 after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling that the Saitama prefectural police failed in their investigations into a stalking case involving Shiori, a female college student, who was later murdered in 1999. (Kyodo)

Murder victim featured in school guidebook

Murder victim featured in school guidebook

URAWA, Japan - A female university student, the victim of a fatal stalking case in Saitama Prefecture in October last year, is featured in a photo (bottom left) in her school's new guidebook as a student hard at work in a classroom. The photo of Shiori Ino, a 21-year-old student at Atomi College, appears in the women's college's Guidebook 2001 for the next fiscal year starting in April.