[Breaking News]Ruling on pipe bomb attack targeting ex-PM Kishida

WAKAYAMA, Japan, Feb. 19 Kyodo - Video taken on Feb. 19, 2025, shows the Wakayama District Court in the western Japan city of Wakayama, where a 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder in 2023 of then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a pipe bomb attack at an election event. (Kyodo)

Ruling on pipe bomb attack targeting ex-PM Kishida

Ruling on pipe bomb attack targeting ex-PM Kishida

A vehicle believed to be carrying a 25-year-old man, sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder in 2023 of then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a pipe bomb attack, leaves the Wakayama District Court in the western Japan city of Wakayama on Feb. 19, 2025.

Ruling on pipe bomb attack targeting ex-PM Kishida

Ruling on pipe bomb attack targeting ex-PM Kishida

Photo taken on Feb. 19, 2025, shows the Wakayama District Court in the western Japan city of Wakayama, where a 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder in 2023 of then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a pipe bomb attack at an election event.

(1)AUM founder's wife released from prison

(1)AUM founder's wife released from prison

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tomoko Matsumoto (file photo), the wife of AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, is released from Wakayama Prison on Oct. 15 after completing a six-year term. Her lawyer said she headed to the city of Ryugasaki, Ibaraki Prefecture, where her two children live.

(2)AUM founder's wife released from prison

(2)AUM founder's wife released from prison

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A camper carrying Tomoko Matsumoto, the wife of AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, leaves Wakayama Prison on Oct. 15 after she was released from the prison.

Former AUM cultist Ishii released from Wakayama prison

Former AUM cultist Ishii released from Wakayama prison

TOKYO, Japan - Hisako Ishii, a former senior cultist in the AUM Shinrikyo sect, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport after being released from Wakayama prison in Wakayama Prefecture on Nov. 18. Ishii, 40, completed a term she received for helping AUM members allegedly involved in the 1995 Tokyo subway gassing evade arrest and other crimes.

Woman gets 14 years for killing girl over 'snubbing'

Woman gets 14 years for killing girl over 'snubbing'

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuko Yamada (file photo) is sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Tokyo District Court on Dec. 5 for killing Haruna Wakayama, a 2-year-old daughter of an acquaintance she allegedly thought had snubbed her.

(2)AUM founder's wife released from prison

(2)AUM founder's wife released from prison

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A camper carrying Tomoko Matsumoto, the wife of AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, leaves Wakayama Prison on Oct. 15 after she was released from the prison. (Kyodo)

Murderer ordered to pay compensation in installments

Murderer ordered to pay compensation in installments

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on Dec. 4 ordered Mitsuko Yamada (file photo) who murdered a 2-year-old girl to pay the victim's parents 61 million yen in compensation, of which 19.8 million yen is to be paid in installments over 20 years. In November, the Tokyo High Court sentenced Yamada to 15 years in prison for strangling Haruna Wakayama on Nov. 22, 1999, in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward and burying her body in the backyard of Yamada's parents' home in the town of Oigawa, Shizuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Couple freed as court orders 1995 arson-murder case reopened

Couple freed as court orders 1995 arson-murder case reopened

Keiko Aoki receives flowers on Oct. 26, 2015, as she is released from prison in Wakayama, western Japan. The Osaka High Court ordered the release of the 51-year-old woman and her de facto husband, 49, following a decision to reopen their arson-murder case. The two were in separate prisons for about 20 years for lighting a fire that killed Aoki's 11-year-old daughter in 1995. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-Wakayama governor convicted of bribery, bid rigging

Ex-Wakayama governor convicted of bribery, bid rigging

OSAKA, Japan - Former Wakayama Gov. Yoshiki Kimura was sentenced to three years in prison on Sept. 10, suspended for four years, for taking 10 million yen in bribes and rigging bids for three prefectural public works projects in 2004. The photo shows the 55-year-old Kimura entering the Osaka District Court earlier in the day for the verdict-delivering session. (Kyodo)

4 yrs sought for ex-Wakayama governor on bribery, bid rigging

4 yrs sought for ex-Wakayama governor on bribery, bid rigging

OSAKA, Japan - Prosecutors on July 2 demanded a four-year prison term for former Wakayama Gov. Yoshiki Kimura (photo), who is on trial at Osaka District Court on charges of taking 10 million yen in bribes and rigging bids for three prefectural public works projects in 2004. The prosecutors also demanded that Kimura forfeit the 10 million yen he allegedly received. (Kyodo)

Former AUM cultist Ishii released from Wakayama prison

Former AUM cultist Ishii released from Wakayama prison

TOKYO, Japan - Hisako Ishii, a former senior cultist in the AUM Shinrikyo sect, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport after being released from Wakayama prison in Wakayama Prefecture on Nov. 18. Ishii, 40, completed a term she received for helping AUM members allegedly involved in the 1995 Tokyo subway gassing evade arrest and other crimes.

Hayashi gets jail term for swindling insurance firms

Hayashi gets jail term for swindling insurance firms

WAKAYAMA, Japan - File photo shows Kenji Hayashi, who was sentenced Oct. 20 to six years in prison for swindling insurance firms out of 160 million yen. Hayashi, the husband of a woman accused in the 1998 curry-poisoning murders in Wakayama Prefecture, was found guilty of fraud by falsely claiming insurance payments for accidents that he and his wife Masumi allegedly suffered.