Have you identified it yet?” he proclaims as confusion cuts through the court room. “Three days ago, a dead body was found in an abandoned building in Yokohama. A bystander’s video footage of his attempt to flee the scene and subsequent apprehension is all over the news, and public outcry demands a maximum sentence. Akihiro Ehara stands accused of groping a woman on a crowded train.
SEIZE THE TRUTH - December 2021, Tokyo district court.