{
  "id": 5310325,
  "title": "Elderly Taxi Driver Found Guilty over Fatal Hit-and-Run in Tokyo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/elderly-taxi-driver-found-guilty-over-fatal-hit-and-run-in-tokyo",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T10:44:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026090300875/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}