15-year prison term sought for man over pipe bomb attack on ex-PM Kishida

Deserves more time..

His defense team argued that he should not face a charge of attempted murder, as he did not expect the bomb to cause injuries.

I am sorry but this is one of the weakest defenses I've ever heard, I don't think there is a person on this planet that would gree with the defence team, that a pipe bomb won't cause injury, there is a bit of a hint in the title, " bomb" that's what bombs do, is explode, kill, maim. He knew exactly what he was aiming and trying to do.

Some of the early news feeds mistakenly described it as only a 'smoke bomb'; this misinformation got picked up and passed around (by the BBC included) and stuck in people's minds for months afterwards.