The panel, established in February at the initiative of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, also said abolishing the ...

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 ...

ANKARA – Japan on Thursday ruled out ending the death penalty, spurning local and international pressures, including calls by ...

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

The events of World War II impacted countless millions, but learning the truth about them can depend on a handful of people ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has ...

China's long-suffering football fans went from "hell to heaven" after a dramatic 1-0 win in Bahrain reignited the country's hopes of reaching the World Cup for only a second time.

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NATO and the European Union are ramping up efforts to persuade China to help get North Korea to stop sending troops and other ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko has died aged 101 after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. Yuriko was the wife ...

Emily is hesitant to return to her family's animal rescue ranch, but when her mother dies, her brother Nick asks for her help ...

A new report from the CDC spells out the state of newborn death in the US. The country continues to fall behind neighboring ...