JAPAN: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRIPLE MURDER

Presiding Judge Hideki Shibata of the Takamatsu High Court in Japan upheld the death penalty for Masanori Kawasaki, 63, for killing his sister-in-law Keiko Miura, 58, and her two granddaughters Akane, 5, and Ayana Yamashita, 3. The incident occurred in Kagawa Prefecture on November 16, 2007, over a grudge over money and other issues, the ruling said.