TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday executed a man who killed seven people in a vehicle crash and stabbing rampage in a crowded Tokyo shopping district in 2008. Furukawa said Kato had thoroughly prepared to commit the mass killings — “an atrocious act that led to extremely serious consequences and had a major impact on society.” In the attack, Kato drove …
Tomohiro Kato was convicted of killing seven people in an attack on Tokyo’s popular Akihabara district. Japan has executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008. “Based on this fact, I approved the execution after extremely thorough scrutiny.” The June 2008 attack, which also injured 10 people, began …
