National News Pressed to confess: Japan accused of 'hostage justice' Philip FONG Jul 6, 2025 Tomoya Asanuma endured almost four months of detention for charges including assault that he was ultimately acquitted
National News Pressed to confess: Japan accused of 'hostage justice' Jul 6, 2025 In Japan, pre-indictment detention can last up to 23 days, extendable by multiple rearrests
National News Pressed to confess: Japan accused of 'hostage justice' Philip FONG Jul 6, 2025 'The thought repeatedly crossed my mind that if I falsely confessed, I can maybe escape all this,' Tomoya Asanuma said of his detention
National News Pressed to confess: Japan accused of 'hostage justice' Kazuhiro NOGI Jul 6, 2025 Iwao Hakamada was once the world's longest-serving death-row inmate
National News Pressed to confess: Japan accused of 'hostage justice' Tomohiro OSAKI AFP Jul 6, 2025 Yo Amano says he is unravelling in a cell where he has been confined alone almost 24 hours a day for over six years, despite not having been c…
National News Japan prosecutor bows in apology to former death row inmate JAPAN POOL Nov 26, 2024 Hideo Yamada (L), regional chief prosecutor, bows in apology to Iwao Hakamada and his sister Hideko Hakamada
National News Japan prosecutor bows in apology to former death row inmate AFP Nov 26, 2024 A senior Japanese public prosecutor on Wednesday bowed in apology to Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row prisoner whose convi…