Despite the urging of a private-sector panel, the government will not establish a commission to examine the death penalty, ...

Citing the case of Iwao Hakamata, an 88-year-old man who spent nearly half a century on death row before being acquitted in a ...

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The report noted that in Japan, five death-row inmates were exonerated through retrials, including the acquittal in October ...

TOKYO, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government on Thursday ruled out abolishing the death penalty, rejecting calls by domestic legal experts for a review amid international pressure to end capital ...

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England coach Steve Borthwick will be feeling the pressure as his team have lost four games in a row and six of their last ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto shined in his first year with the Dodgers when he was on the mound, which was interrupted by three months ...