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Smoke billows from a Kyoto Animation building in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 18, 2019. A murder trial began Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, for the 2019 deadly arson attack on the Kyoto animation studio which left 36 people dead, and the defendant who needed time to recover from serious burns that nearly killed him pleaded guilty to the deadliest crime in decades, officials and media reports said. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Trial opens in Japan in the 2019 animation studio arson that killed 36 people. Suspect pleads guilty

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 19, 2019, file photo, a woman prays at a makeshift memorial to honor the victims of a fire at the building of Kyoto Animation's No. 1 studio, background, in Kyoto, western Japan. Japanese prosecutors formally filed murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, against a suspect in the deadly fire at the Kyoto anime studio in 2019, after it was determined that he has recovered enough from his own severe burns and is mentally fit to stand trial. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Suspect in Japan anime studio fire charged with murder

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Shinji Aoba on a stretcher is carried to Fushimi police station after being arrested in Kyoto, western Japan, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Japanese police arrested the suspect in a deadly arson at Kyoto Animation's No. 1 studio on July 18, 2019 after the alleged attacker regained enough strength from his own injury to respond to police investigation. Aoba is accused of storming into the studio, setting it on fire and killing 36 people. Wednesday's arrest comes 10 months after the police obtained permission from a local court as they had to wait for Aoba, who had suffered severe burns and was in a critical condition. (Suo Takekuma/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan police arrest man in Kyoto anime arson that killed 36

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Pedestrians walk past a makeshift memorial set up to honor the victims of Thursday's fire at the Kyoto Animation Studio building, Saturday, July 20, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan. The man suspected of setting ablaze a beloved Japanese animation studio was raging about theft and witnesses and media reported he had a grudge against the company, as questions arose why such mass killings keep happening in the country. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Police get arrest warrant as survivor recalls Kyoto arson

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Two men pay respects at a makeshift memorial site to honor the victims of Thursday's fire at the Kyoto Animation Studio building, background center, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan. A man screaming &quot;You die!&quot; burst into the animation studio in Kyoto, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire Thursday, killing dozens of people in the attack that shocked the country and brought an outpouring of grief from anime fans. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Suspect in Japan anime studio arson reportedly had grudge

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press