Attacker of Anti-NHK Group Leader Gets 9 Years
Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced a 32-year-old man to nine years in prison for attempting to murder Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group criticizing public broadcaster NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp., in March last year. Presiding Judge Kazunobu Eguchi said that Shion Miyanishi committed a crime that is "highly dangerous and extremely heinous." P...