16 July 2009 :
the Japanese Supreme Court upheld a man’s death sentence for killing a rival gang member and three bystanders in a shooting at a bar in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, on January 5, 2003. The top court's No. 2 petty bench dismissed an appeal by Masato Kohinata, 39, against lower court decisions sentencing him to death.Two others in the case have appealed their death sentences.
(Sources: Kyodo, 10/07/2009)
