Shinji Aoba, the convicted mass murderer sentenced to death for setting a fire at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that killed 36 people, has withdrawn his appeal, The Asahi Shimbun learned on Jan. 28.

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(Mainichi/Tatsuya Fujii) OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A man convicted of the 2019 fatal arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio dropped his appeal against his death sentence because of his ...