Ex-Judge Challenges Japan’s “Unopenable Door” Retrial System After Hakamada Case

Tokyo: The world’s longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, won compensation from Japan this week after…

Acquitted Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Seeks $1.3 Million From Japan

Tokyo, Japan: The world’s longest-serving death row inmate is demanding the Japanese government pay him more…

Japanese Man Acquitted Of 1966 Murders After 45 Years On Death Row

A Japanese man said to have spent the world’s longest time on death row was acquitted…

Japan Awaits Verdict On World’s Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

Japan’s Shizuoka District Court will soon deliver its verdict on Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death…

Japan Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty For World’s Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

Iwao Hakamada was freed in 2014 Tokyo, Japan: Japanese prosecutors again sought the death penalty in…