A Japanese man who sent an email threatening to bomb the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, has been arrested.


Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Minato-ku, Tokyo. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Minato-ku, Tokyo. [Image source=Yonhap News]

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According to the Japanese private broadcaster TBS on the 18th, the suspect arrested on charges of obstruction of business by intimidation is a 27-year-old unemployed man residing in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture.



He is accused of sending an email in Korean to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Japan on August 8, mentioning the relationship between Japanese politics and the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church), as well as Japan's militarization, stating, "I am Japanese. I am announcing a bombing."


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