On 25 January 2024, a Japanese court handed down a death sentence to Shinji Aoba for the 2019 arson attack at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that killed 36 people. Source: AAP / Jiji Press / EPA ...

KYOTO--A memorial ceremony was held here July 18 for the 36 victims who perished in an arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio four years ago that also left 32 people injured. The July 18 ...

KYOTO--The defendant in a horrific arson attack that killed 36 people at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in 2019 admitted to the charges in his first hearing at the Kyoto District Court on Sept.

A fire at an animation studio in Kyoto appears to have been an act of arson. 33 people were killed and 35 others wounded, and the shock is being felt around the world. The fire broke out shortly ...

Aoba set Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio on fire in ... attack on a train station north of Tokyo a month before the arson attack, per CBS. Aoba’s defense lawyers had argued that he was mentally ...

The July 2019 arson attack at the studios of Kyoto Animation was Japan’s deadliest crime in decades, and stunned the huge film and TV cartoon industry and its fans around the world. Perpetrator ...

After years of recovery from the tragic 2019 arson attack, Kyoto Animation is back on track, pushing forward with projects ...

including the performing arts and issues related to war. He also covered the 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack. His hobbies include dining out and surfing.