Man gets 23-year prison term for killing Chinese sisters

The Yokohama District Court on Friday sentenced a 40-year-old man to 23 years in prison for murdering two Chinese sisters and leaving their bodies -- stuffed in travel bags -- in woods near Tokyo last year.Lawyers representing Tatsuya Iwasaki appealed the ruling immediately, claiming he was not involved in killing and abandoning the remains of Chen Baolan, 25, and Chen Baozhen, 22, in July 2017. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty.The crime was conducted "with a strong intention of killing," judge Kiyoshi Aonuma said in handing down the ruling.Iwasaki had been romantically interested i…READ FULL ARTICLE