FILE PHOTO: Ichiro Kojima, 22, a suspect in a stabbing incident inside a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train, leaves Odawara police station after being arrested in Odawawa, west of Tokyo, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 10, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after a stabbing attack on a speeding bullet train in 2018 that left one dead and two others inured, sparking a national debate about safety as Tokyo prepares to host the 2020 Olympics.
Prosecutors had demanded the life sentence for Ichiro Kojima, 23, who said he had committed the crime on a 'Shinkansen' train between Tokyo and Osaka out of frustration. During Kojima's trial Japanese media reported he had said spending life in prison "was a dream" he welcomed.
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