Man is arrested for threatening Kodansha staff

The Tokyo Police Department reported the arrest of a 44-year-old suspect after he allegedly issued a death threat to employees of the Kodansha publisher via Twitter. The suspect wrote in his statement that he made the threat after attempts to have his novel rejected by the publisher in the first phase, added that "he never intended to carry out his threat."


The suspect, an Okinawa resident, allegedly mentioned the Kodansha publisher in a Twitter post on May 14, threatening to "crush their heads with a hammer and cut them with a knife," "go to the editorial department and cut and fill them. of holes, and “stabbing the entire editorial department. For its part, the editorial reported this matter to the authorities at the end of May.

Source: Sankei News via Otakomu