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A Liberal Democratic Party panel on Wednesday approved a government proposal to ban prosecutors "in principle" from appealing a retrial order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/politics/ldp-panel-retrial-approved/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #justiceministry #japanesecourts #diet #falseconvictions #shoshimaekawa #iwaohakamata

A Liberal Democratic Party panel on Wednesday approved a government proposal to ban prosecutors "in principle" from appealing a retrial order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/politics/ldp-panel-retrial-approved/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #justiceministry #japanesecourts #diet #falseconvictions #shoshimaekawa #iwaohakamata

A Liberal Democratic Party panel on Wednesday approved a government proposal to ban prosecutors "in principle" from appealing a retrial order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/politics/ldp-panel-retrial-approved/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #justiceministry #japanesecourts #diet #falseconvictions #shoshimaekawa #iwaohakamata

A Liberal Democratic Party panel on Wednesday approved a government proposal to ban prosecutors "in principle" from appealing a retrial order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/politics/ldp-panel-retrial-approved/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #justiceministry #japanesecourts #diet #falseconvictions #shoshimaekawa #iwaohakamata

Social media posts critical of the Justice Ministry's attitude are increasing over content of a draft bill to reform Japan's retrial system, which has drawn severe objections — and even angry outbursts — from lawmakers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/05/japan/crime-legal/retrial-reform-criticism-online-posts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #diet #ldp #justiceministry #iwaohakamata #falseconvictions #socialmedia #tomomiinada

Social media posts critical of the Justice Ministry's attitude are increasing over content of a draft bill to reform Japan's retrial system, which has drawn severe objections — and even angry outbursts — from lawmakers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/05/japan/crime-legal/retrial-reform-criticism-online-posts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #diet #ldp #justiceministry #iwaohakamata #falseconvictions #socialmedia #tomomiinada

Social media posts critical of the Justice Ministry's attitude are increasing over content of a draft bill to reform Japan's retrial system, which has drawn severe objections — and even angry outbursts — from lawmakers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/05/japan/crime-legal/retrial-reform-criticism-online-posts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #diet #ldp #justiceministry #iwaohakamata #falseconvictions #socialmedia #tomomiinada

Social media posts critical of the Justice Ministry's attitude are increasing over content of a draft bill to reform Japan's retrial system, which has drawn severe objections — and even angry outbursts — from lawmakers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/05/japan/crime-legal/retrial-reform-criticism-online-posts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #diet #ldp #justiceministry #iwaohakamata #falseconvictions #socialmedia #tomomiinada

The older sister of a former death-row inmate has reiterated her criticism of a planned revamp of Japan's retrial system, particularly over a proposed restriction on the use of newly disclosed evidence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/24/japan/crime-legal/iwao-hakamata-sister-retrial-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #iwaohakamata #hidekohakamata

The older sister of a former death-row inmate has reiterated her criticism of a planned revamp of Japan's retrial system, particularly over a proposed restriction on the use of newly disclosed evidence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/24/japan/crime-legal/iwao-hakamata-sister-retrial-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #iwaohakamata #hidekohakamata

The Justice Ministry and the Liberal Democratic Party have been at odds over how to revise Japan's retrial system, which has been criticized for procedures that can take decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/22/japan/politics/ldp-ministry-retrial-revision/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #japanesecourts #diet #ldp #justiceministry #shoshimaekawa #iwaohakamata #falseconvictions

The elder sister of former death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata, 90, who was acquitted in a high-profile retrial, on Saturday criticized the Justice Ministry's bill to reform the nation's retrial system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/18/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-sister-retrial-system-protest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #falseconvictions #justiceministry #ldp

A government panel’s subcommittee has approved the outline of a review of Japan’s retrial system that would continue to allow prosecutors to file appeals against a court’s decision to start a retrial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-prosecutors-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #iwaohakamata #falseconvictions #justiceministry

Japan's Justice Ministry unveiled a draft plan to revise the retrial system at a meeting of a subgroup of the Legislative Council on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-review-draft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesecourts #falseconvictions #shizuoka #iwaohakamata

Iwao Hakamata, a former death row inmate who was acquitted in a retrial for the 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka Prefecture, filed a damages lawsuit against the central and prefectural governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/hakamata-files-suit-against-government/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #deathpenalty

Lawyers for Iwao Hakamata, who was acquitted in a retrial after being detained for 47 years and seven months, has said they plan to seek around ¥600 million in damages from the central and prefectural governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-damages-governments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #shizuoka #falseconvictions #japanesecourts

A government advisory panel held its first meeting Monday to review the country's retrial system, following the acquittal of Iwao Hakamata after decades on death row. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/crime-legal/panel-meeting-retrial-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #falseconvictions #japanesecourts

A government advisory panel will start discussions Monday to review the country's retrial system for criminal cases in which guilty verdicts have become final, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-review-start/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #deathpenalty #falseconvictions

Lawyers for Iwao Hakamata, an ex-boxer who spent over 47 years in detention over a 1966 murder case who was acquitted last year, plan to sue the central and prefectural governments for damages in August. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-damage-suit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #shizuoka

Japan's justice minister has asked a legal panel to review the country's retrial system after the acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner last year heightened scrutiny of the system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/29/japan/crime-legal/japan-retrial-system-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #iwaohakamata #deathpenalty #falseconvictions #shizuoka #massmurder #japanesepolice

The world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamata, won compensation from Japan this week after almost five decades in jail — and he owes his freedom to a judge with steely determination. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/crime-legal/japan-judge-retrial-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #iwaohakamata #deathpenalty #hiroakimurayama

A Japanese court has awarded ex-boxer Iwao Hakamata, who was acquitted of a 1966 murder case in a retrial last year, some ¥217 million ($1.44 million) in compensation for being unjustly detained for over 47 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/25/japan/crime-legal/japan-hakamata/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #deathpenalty

An advisory panel will start discussions later this month to review the country's retrial system for criminal cases, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/crime-legal/advisory-panel-review-retrial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #deathpenalty #japanesecourts #justiceministry #falseconvictions

Iwao Hakamata, acquitted last year in his retrial over a 1966 multiple murder, has demanded that the government pay him compensation of ¥217 million for being unjustly detained for over 47 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/30/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-compensation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #shizuoka #japanesecourts #falseconvictions

Prosecutors failed to properly investigate Iwao Hakamata, 88, who was acquitted this year in his retrial for the murder of four people in 1966, the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/27/japan/crime-legal/prosecutors-report-hakamata/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #shizuoka

Former death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata's acquittal earlier this year, 43 years after he first requested a retrial, has intensified calls to overhaul Japan's retrial system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/23/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-reform/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #justiceministry #iwaohakamata #shoshimaekawa

The head of a public prosecutor's office in Shizuoka Prefecture has directly apologized to Iwao Hakamata, who was recently acquitted in a retrial decades after he was convicted over the 1966 murder of four people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/27/japan/crime-legal/prosecutor-apology-hakamata/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #shizuoka #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #deathpenalty

The head of the Shizuoka District Prosecutors Office, Hideo Yamada, is expected to apologize in person to former boxer Iwao Hakamata, who was recently acquitted of a 1966 quadruple murder, over his prolonged court proceedings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/21/japan/crime-legal/japan-prosecutor-to-apologize-to-hakamata/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #iwaohakamata #massmurder #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #japanesepolice

The chief of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police on Monday offered an apology in person to Iwao Hakamata at his home in Shizuoka Prefecture following his acquittal in a retrial over a 1966 murder case last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/21/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-shizuoka-police-apology/ #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #hamamatsu #shizuoka #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #deathpenalty

Election officials have started the procedures for allowing Iwao Hakamata, the world's longest-held death row inmate who has been exonerated over a 1966 murder case, to vote in the Oct. 27 Lower House election for the first time in decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/15/japan/society/hakamata-voting-rights/ #japan #society #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #2024lowerhouseelection

Former death row inmate Iwao Hakamata made his first public appearance in Shizuoka on Monday after being acquitted. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/14/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-first-appearance-after-acquittal/ #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #shizuoka #japanesecourts #deathpenalty

Japan's "hostage justice" system is back in the spotlight with this week's exoneration of a former boxer over a quadruple murder in 1966, with human rights groups warning that the system creates a breeding ground for false convictions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/09/japan/crime-legal/hostage-justice/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #humanrights #ohkawarakakohki #iwaohakamata

After nearly 60 years, former professional boxer Iwao Hakamata has finally been exonerated after prosecutors decided not to appeal against the Shizuoka District Court's not-guilty verdict in a rare retrial of a 1966 murder case against him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/08/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-exonerated/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #iwaohakamata #deathpenalty

New justice minister Hideki Makihara has said abolishing the death penalty would be "inappropriate," despite the recent acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/03/japan/politics/japan-justice-minister-death-penalty/ #japan #politics #deathpenalty #justiceministry #hidekimakihara #iwaohakamata

Nearly 44 years after the original trial, a Shizuoka court ruled Thursday that former pro boxer Iwao Hakamata — the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner — is not guilty of a 1966 quadruple murder charge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/26/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-retrial-ruling/ #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #iwaohakamata #massmurder #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #japanesepolice

Japan's retrial system — the only way for a convicted individual to be exonerated — is in the spotlight this week, with the Shizuoka District Court set to deliver its verdict in a retrial of a case dating back to 1966 on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/25/japan/crime-legal/japan-retrial-system-interview/ #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #justiceministry

Iwao Hakamata, who in a rare example is being retried over a 1966 murder case, will be given a verdict on Sept. 26 that could see him finally acquitted more than five decades after he was sentenced to death. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-retrial-ruling-date/ #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #iwaohakamata #massmurder #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #japanesepolice

Shizuoka prosecutors said Monday they will argue in a retrial that convicted murderer Iwao Hakamata is guilty, meaning the expected hearing at the Shizuoka District Court will likely go on for some time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/10/national/crime-legal/hakamata-retrial-prosecutors-guilty/?utm_content=buffer8f24b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #shizuoka #iwaohakamata #massmurder #falseconvictions #japanesecourts

Prosecutors are preparing to argue for the conviction of former death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata at an upcoming retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder — despite the alleged unreliability of the main evidence used. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/08/national/crime-legal/iwao-hakamata-retrial-prosecutors-seek-conviction/?utm_content=buffer7721b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #shizuoka #iwaohakamata #massmurder #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #japanesepolice