The Archive · 1934

Reduced Sentences for Japanese Terrorists

Tokyo, Nov. 9.

Civilian participants in the May 15, 1932, disturbances, which culminated lin the murder of the then Premier, [Mr. 7. Inukai, by naval and military' cadets, to-day won marked reductions their prison sentences at the conclusion of their appeal here.

Dr. Shumei Okawa, alleged "brains" of the terrorist organization, re-Jeeived a sentence of seven years' imjptisonment: he had been sentenced to [Ofte-n years' hard labor.

Kennichiro Homma drew five years jin prison, while Shuzo Toyama, brother of Mitsuru Toyama, leader of the Amur Society, an_ultrapatriotic organization, was sentenced to four lyeers in prison, their original Sentences being ten and eight years,

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