By SHUNSUKE ABE/ Staff Writer
December 23, 2020 at 19:11 JST
Iwao Hakamada is released from the Tokyo Detention House on March 27, 2014, after spending 47 years and seven months on death row. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Supreme Court overturned a high court ruling that rejected a request by high-profile former death row inmate Iwao Hakamada for a retrial and sent the case back to the high court, paving the way for a possible acquittal. [Read More]
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Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
