{"id":156784,"date":"2023-09-14T15:38:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T06:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=156784&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-09-14T15:38:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T06:38:06","slug":"kudo-kais-top-brass-admits-guilt","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kudo-kais-top-brass-admits-guilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Kudo-kai&#8217;s Top Brass Admits Guilt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The appellate trial for Satoru Nomura and Fumio Tagami, senior figures in the criminal organization Kudo-kai, has started. Nomura continues to plead not guilty to involvement in four violent incidents against civilians, while Tagami has admitted to a role in two. In a previous trial, Nomura received a death sentence and Tagami a life sentence. The defense argues that the initial verdict lacked objectivity and was based on circumstantial evidence. The appeal will focus on whether Nomura&#8217;s death sentence will be upheld. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20230913\/5010021872.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kudo-kai&#039;s Top Brass Admits Guilt\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_fukuoka-court_2022_WEB-002.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &#038; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>free weekly newsletter<\/a> today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/>this <b>form<\/b>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The appellate trial for Satoru Nomura and Fumio Tagami, senior figures in the criminal organization&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":146751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-156784","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/156784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}