the court does turn down osawa's appeal handing down the court's first ever judgment of this type. osawa has separately followed litigation demanding the state nullify the inquest panel's decision. the trial is set to begin at the tokyo district court on december 21st, but the case will very likely be dismissed following thursday's supreme court decision. >>> a district court in japan has handed down the country's first death sentence for a minor in a judge court. the 18-year-old youth responsible admitted to killing two women. he was indicted for breaking into a house in the northern part of japan last february and stabbing to death his former girlfriend's sister and her friend. in thursday's ruling, the presiding judge said the defendant had a strong intent to kill anyone who would keep him from being with his ex-girlfriend. the judge called the crime cruel and extremely brutal. the judge also said the defendant's words of repentance were superficial and he did not recognize the seriousness of his crime. the judge said the court found the debt's age at the time of the crime is no