Tomoya Asanuma endured almost four months of detention for charges including assault that he was ultimately acquitted
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In Japan, pre-indictment detention can last up to 23 days, extendable by multiple rearrests
'The thought repeatedly crossed my mind that if I falsely confessed, I can maybe escape all this,' Tomoya Asanuma said of his detention
Iwao Hakamada was once the world's longest-serving death-row inmate
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…
Hideo Yamada (L), regional chief prosecutor, bows in apology to Iwao Hakamada and his sister Hideko Hakamada
A senior Japanese public prosecutor on Wednesday bowed in apology to Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row prisoner whose convi…