“Targeting a serving prime minister caused significant anxiety to society as a whole,’’ Kyodo quoted Judge Keiko Fukushima as saying. Prosecutors had been seeking a 15-year sentenc ...

When handing down the ruling, presiding judge Keiko Fukushima noted that "targeting a serving prime minister caused ...

and it cannot be disregarded that the election was seriously disrupted,” Presiding Judge Keiko Fukushima said. Prosecutors had sought a 15-year prison term. While Kishida was not harmed ...