Thirty-six people died when he broke into a studio building and set it on fire. Read more at straitstimes.com.

He used a blade-like object to attack three people waiting for a bus near the station, police said. One of them, Hiroyuki ...

Police in Inashiki, Ibaraki Prefecture, have arrested a 42-year-old ex-firefighter on suspicion of arson in 10 incidents. Police said Akira Suzuki is accused of setting fire to two vacant wooden ...

TOKYO: A Japanese man sentenced to death for an arson attack that killed 36 people at an anime studio has dropped his appeal ...