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Elderly Taxi Driver Found Guilty over Fatal Hit-and-Run in Tokyo

Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced former taxi driver Kiyotaka Zanami, 79, to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for his role in a hit-and-run in Tokyo that resulted in the death of a corporate worker in 2024. Zanami's taxi collided with the worker, Takeo Omura, 49, who was walking in front of the vehicle in Toshima Ward around 2 a.m. on Jan. 1...

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