You’ll regret it for the rest of your life! and intimidating the presiding judge… The background of the “Kudo-kai” president’s “unusually prolonged trial” and the shudder.

Kudo-kai is headquartered in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Its existence is special. It is known and feared locally as a “violent organization. A resident of Kitakyushu City tells us, “There have been incidents of injury related to the Kudo-kai.

I once asked a victim of a Kudo-kai-related injury what happened. He patted me on the shoulder and said, ‘It’s for your own good. He tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘It’s for your own good. It’s better for you not to know anything. Your parents and siblings are in your hometown. If you pry into them too much, you’ll get into trouble.

If a problem arose, he would sometimes touch ordinary people. It was a long time ago that a bar in Kitakyushu City put a sign on the front door that said, ‘No gangs allowed. After a while, the bar was in such a shambles that it had been destroyed by firearms. It is said that the Kudo-kai warehouse stored weapons that would surprise even the Self-Defense Forces, such as anti-tank rocket launchers. It seems that they will stop at nothing to achieve their goals, no matter what the means.

As Nomura expressed confidence, there was no clear evidence of the involvement of the top Kudo-kai leaders in the four incidents that the police considered problematic. However, the unity of the Kudo-kai is so strong that the top Kudo-kai members greet Nomura every morning, sitting on their haunches. Chief Judge Adachi ruled that it was “unthinkable that a gang member could have brought the case alone without the permission of the two defendants,” and thus he made a heavy ruling.

There are special circumstances behind the protracted trial.

The defendant was confident of his innocence due to the lack of clear evidence. The defense team is said to have explained to him that he could win an acquittal.

However, when the case was opened, the defendant was sentenced to death. Nomura’s expectations were disappointed, and in July 2010, just before the deadline for filing a notice of appeal, he dismissed all 10 members of his defense team. Thanks to this, the schedule was once and for all cancelled. Nomura contacted a talented lawyer who had handled many major cases. He has formed a new defense team and is expected to plead not guilty at the appeal trial as well.

The tense trial will begin again in September.