the Tokyo High Court in Japan upheld a lower court death sentence...

the Tokyo High Court in Japan upheld a lower court death sentence against a Chinese man convicted of robbing and murdering a Tokyo noodle company owner and his wife in 2002. The crime by Xie Yidi, 31, "was cruel and inhuman," presiding Judge Masaru Suda said, rejecting the defendant's appeal. "Although he shows remorse, the death sentence is unavoidable." While his defense team had argued he did not intend to kill the victims, Suda claimed the defendant had a strong will to kill, based on his repeated stab wounds with a knife. Xie broke into the home of Isamu Hayakawa, 64, in Tokyo in August 2002, and fatally stabbed him and his wife, Yoko, 57, while robbing them of jewelry and around ¥47,000 in cash, the court said. Xie used to live in an apartment Hayakawa owned.