Ichihara

Ms. Ichihara told the court she was skeptical that Lieutenant Alkonis “truly realizes the gravity of the sin he committed.”

Tomoko Ichihara’s family was wrapping up a birthday lunch near Mount Fuji when celebration turned to horror.

A silver Toyota drifted across a road and careened into the parking lot of a noodle restaurant, crushing Ms. Ichihara’s brother-in-law and mother between cars and leaving them with fatal injuries.

An aerial view shows an Idemitsu Kosan Co. oil facility in Ichihara, east of Tokyo, Japan November 12, 2021, in this photo taken by Kyodo.

An aerial view shows an oil factory of Idemitsu Kosan Co. in Ichihara, east of Tokyo, Japan November 12, 2021, in this photo taken by Kyodo.