In the first such case in recent history, Japan’s top court granted a retrial Tuesday for a deceased man who had been serving a life sentence for committing a murder in Shiga Prefecture in 1984. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/25/japan/crime-legal/retrial-murder-deceased-defendant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #shiga #supremecourt #japanesepolice #falseconvictions

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

Lawyers for a 98-year-old woman who served a prison term for the 1979 murder of a man in the town of Osaki in Kagoshima Prefecture filed the fifth request for a retrial on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/crime-legal/1979-kagoshima-murder-retrial-plea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #kagoshima #falseconvictions

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

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

The chief of Shiga Prefectural Police department has apologized to a former assistant nurse who was acquitted of murdering a patient in a retrial after serving her prison term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-apology-false-conviction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #shiga #mikanishiyama #nurses

A high court ruling that acquitted a 60-year-old man in a high-profile retrial over a 1986 murder of a 15-year-old junior high school girl in the Japanese city of Fukui has been finalized — 38 years after his arrest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/crime-legal/shoshi-maekawa-acquittal-finalized/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #fukui #falseconvictions

A Japanese high court branch on Friday acquitted a 60-year-old man in a high-profile retrial over the 1986 murder of a 15-year-old junior high school girl in the city of Fukui. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/japan/crime-legal/man-acquitted-over-1986-fukui-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #fukui #falseconvictions

A district court ordered the Shiga Prefectural Government to pay about ¥31 million in damages to a former assistant nurse who served a 12-year prison sentence before being acquitted of murdering a patient. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/japan/crime-legal/shiga-nurse-compensation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shiga #japanesecourts #japanesepolice #falseconvictions #hospitals #nurses

Inappropriate interrogation practices by police and prosecutors continue to be reported in Japan, with cases involving verbal abuse and the use of leading or coercive methods. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/crime-legal/inappropriate-interrogation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #falseconvictions