GSDF officer indicted over Chinese Embassy trespass, threats

TOKYO - A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force officer was indicted Monday for unlawfully entering the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo with a kitchen knife and threatening staff in March, prosecutors said.

Kodai Murata, a 24-year-old second lieutenant assigned to the GSDF's Camp Ebino in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, underwent psychiatric evaluation for about three months before the indictment. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office apparently concluded he could be held responsible for his actions.