KYOTO – A man accused of carrying out an arson attack on a Kyoto Animation studio in 2019 that claimed 36 lives admitted to charges of arson and murder as his lay judge trial opened in the Kyoto District Court on Sept. 5.

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    The accused admitted to the charges, but his defense team calls for acquittal or reduced sentence arguing he was not mentally competent at the time.