Suspect told police, 'I did it to repay debts'
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Recent electrical bill totaled ¥60,000, police said
Osamu Yano confessed to killing two real estate executives in 1996 and 1998
Defendant claimed her husband 'got violent' with her; lived with corpse for 2 decades
Minister of Justice said, 'Capital punishment was the ruling finally decided upon after a sufficient trial and careful consideration'
Suspect and an accomplice are alleged to have attempted to sexually assault a woman while she was blindfolded and her arms and legs bound with a rope
Suspect told police, 'I did in retaliation after I got into a fight with my father'
Suspect told police, 'With there being horse races in the New Year, I wanted money to buy betting tickets'
Photojournalist Ryuichi Hirokawa wrote, 'I would like to apologize from the bottom of my heart to those whom I have hurt'
Partially skeletal remains were found on the second floor on Wednesday