Japanese Court Sentences South Korean Man to 20 Years for Murder of Ex-Girlfriend

S. Korean man gets 20-year prison sentence in Japan for killing ex-girlfriend

A Japanese court has sentenced a 31-year-old South Korean man to 20 years in prison for stalking and killing a Korean woman he was dating in Tokyo, news reports said Sunday. The Tokyo District Court handed down the ruling Friday after finding him guilty of murder and violating Japan's anti-stalking law. The sentence takes the form of imprisonment without labor, a custodial punishment introduced under the revised Penal Code that took effect in June 2025. It marked the country's first penal reform

By The Korea Herald