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Mar 27 2014 10:34am
Japan: Release of world's longest serving death row inmate after 46 years
The Japanese courts have granted a retrial to a prisoner who has spent...
Oct 17 2013 5:54pm
Japan: Denial of retrial for 87-year-old man on death row is 'travesty of justice'
A decision by a court in Japan to deny a retrial to an 87-year-old man...
May 10 2013 12:00am
Two Birmingham school pupils make new film on world's longest-serving death row prisoner
 ‘45 years film’ marks Hakamada Iwao’s time on death row since 1968 ...
Apr 26 2013 12:00am
Japan: Latest double hanging condemned
Five executions so far this year under new Prime Minister The execu...
Apr 19 2013 6:22pm
Who wants to be a death row record breaker?
Okay, confession time - I’m a Guinness World Record holder. I was part...
Feb 21 2013 12:00am
Japan hangs three in first executions under 'merciless' Abe government
The sudden execution of three death row inmates is an ominous move fro...
Nov 1 2012 11:03am
The power of a letter and five minutes that could change a life
Has the last year been good to you? Perhaps you've had some great days...
Oct 24 2012 6:03pm
Hakamada Iwao
  Believed to be the world's longest serving death-row prisoner Hakam...
Oct 13 2012 4:56pm
Japan: Justice for Hakamada Iwao
Hakamada Iwao is 76 years old. He has spent the majority of his life o...
Sep 27 2012 12:00am
Japan: First woman executed in 15 years amid fears of a new wave of hangings
Fears of a new wave of executions in Japan increased after two death r...