October 7, 2022
reporter Toru Kubota was sentenced to seven years for violating the electronic transactions law and three years for incitement. The sentences were to be served concurrently.
reporter Toru Kubota was sentenced to seven years for violating the electronic transactions law and three years for incitement. The sentences were to be served concurrently.
FILE - An image of Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar while covering a protest, is displayed at the Japan Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2022 as his friends gathered at the club calling for his immediate release. Diplomat says Myanmar court gives 10-year prison sentence to Japanese journalist who filmed anti-government protest. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama, File)
October 7, 2022
reporter Toru Kubota was sentenced to seven years for violating the electronic transactions law and three years for incitement. The sentences were to be served concurrently.