Tokyo prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 15-year prison sentence for Jong Hyon Pak (43), former deputy editor of Kodansha’s Morning magazine, over the death of his wife, Kanoko (38), in 2016.
In addition to serving as deputy editor of Morning magazine (Space Brothers, Cooking Papa), he helped found the Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine monthly manga magazine (Attack on Titan, Flying Witch).
Pak has denied the charge and his defense has argued that his wife killed herself.
Pak was indicted in January 2017 for allegedly choking his wife to death and then pushing her down the stairs at their Tokyo home on August 9, 2016.