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RETRIAL

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 12, 2018
Family of executed Aum cult member to seek retrial
The family of a former Aum Shinrikyo cult member plans to file for a retrial after he was executed in July for his role in the deadly 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack and other crimes committed by the group, a source with knowledge of the matter said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 12, 2018
Japan court orders retrial of deceased man convicted in 1984 Shiga Prefecture murder
A court ordered Wednesday a retrial for a deceased man who was convicted of murdering a 69-year-old woman in 1984 in Shiga Prefecture, endorsing new evidence and acknowledging suspicions that he was forced into a confession after being beaten by police officers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 11, 2018
High court rejects decision to reopen 1966 Hakamada quadruple murder case
The Tokyo High Court on Monday overturned the Shizuoka District Court's decision to reopen the 1966 murder case involving former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada, who was convicted of killing four people, despite recent DNA evidence that undermined his prosecution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2018
Miyazaki court upholds retrial for 90-year-old woman convicted in '79 murder
The woman spent 10 years in prison for a crime she never admitted to, but fresh doubts about past confessions are giving her a chance to clear her name.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 25, 2017
Prosecutors appeal decision ordering retrial over patient's death in Shiga
Prosecutors on Monday appealed a high court decision ordering the retrial of a hospital worker who served 12 years behind bars after she was convicted of killing an elderly patient in 2003 by removing his respirator.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2017
Prosecutors appeal high court decision to retry man over 1985 murder in Kumamoto Prefecture
Prosecutors on Monday appealed a high court ruling that an 84-year-old man who served a prison term for a 1985 murder committed in Kumamoto Prefecture be retried.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2017
High court upholds retrial of man convicted of 1985 Kumamoto murder
A high court on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision to retry an 84-year-old man who served prison time for fatally stabbing an acquaintance in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1985.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 4, 2017
Prosecutors file appeal to block retrial of woman, 90, who served time for 1979 murder
Prosecutors on Monday filed an appeal against a district court's decision last week to grant a retrial for a 90-year-old woman who served a 10-year prison term for the murder of her brother-in-law in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1979.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 28, 2017
After nearly three decades, 90-year-old Kagoshima woman wins retrial for murder conviction
The Kagoshima District Court on Wednesday ordered the retrial of a 90-year-old woman who served a 10-year prison term for the 1979 murder of her brother-in-law.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 3, 2017
Miyazaki triple killer seeks retrial after victims' family has change of heart
A 29-year-old man on death row for the 2010 murder of his wife, baby and mother-in-law in Miyazaki Prefecture is seeking a retrial based on a plea for leniency from a member of the victims' family, his lawyer said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2017
Russian's conviction for handgun possession thrown out
Following new testimony from a former police inspector about a Russian man who was caught in an illegal sting operation, a court overturned his conviction for handgun possession.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2017
Court upholds acquittal for man facing gallows for 2002 double murder in Osaka
The Osaka High Court upholds the acquittal of a man sentenced to death over his family's murder in 2002 after a rare retrial called by the Supreme Court.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 23, 2017
Russian convicted in '97 gun possession case ready to be cleared in retrial
Japanese prosecutors say a Russian man facing retrial in a 1997 handgun case should be acquitted, paving the way for him to clear his name.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 10, 2016
Retrial acquits Osaka woman, former partner in daughter’s 1995 fire death
The Osaka District Court acquits two over the death of an 11-year-old girl in a long-awaited retrial.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 30, 2016
Court to retry man convicted of 1985 Kumamoto murder
The court said 'doubts have been raised' over the credibility of 83-year-old Koki Miyata's initial confessions over the fatal stabbing.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2016
1948 robbery-mass murder still far from being solved
On Jan. 26, 1948, a man claiming to be a public health official walked into a branch of Teikoku Ginko (Imperial Bank) in Tokyo's Shiinamachi district and told 16 clerks and customers dysentery had broken out in the neighborhood.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2016
Uninformed 'confession' hoped to clear late Teigin Incident suspect
Sadamichi Hirasawa was sentenced to death in part because of a one-off admission that he killed 12 people with poison and took money from a branch of Teikoku Ginko (Imperial Bank) in Tokyo in 1948. The Teigin Incident, as the crime became known, was one of postwar Japan's most sensational mass-murder cases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 2, 2016
Woman maintains innocence during retrial for daughter's death in 1995 fire
A woman who has already spent over 20 years in prison declares at her retrial that she is innocent of killing her daughter in a 1995 house fire.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2016
Freed Osaka man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial held
"I'm innocent," a man who served more than 20 years of a life term over an 11-year-old girl's death in a 1995 house fire declared Thursday as a retrial was held in the Osaka District Court.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2016
Nigerian's theft case sent back to lower court
The Osaka High Court on Tuesday decided to send a robbery case involving a Nigerian man who was sentenced to six years in prison back to a lower court.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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