Kyoto – Prosecutors on Monday sought a life sentence for a gang member over the 2013 murder of the president of gyoza dumpling restaurant chain Ohsho Food Service Corp., at the 11th hearing of the trial at Kyoto District Court.
The defendant, Yukio Tanaka, 59, an executive member of an affiliate of Kudokai, a legally designated dangerous yakuza group, is accused of shooting Takayuki Ohigashi, the Ohsho president who was 72 at the time, to death in Kyoto.
Prosecutors said the antisocial nature of the crime was immense, stating that the defendant made thorough preparations for a gun and a motorcycle as part of a premeditated plan.
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