Hideko Hakamada campaigned for almost six decades to get her little brother, the world's longest-serving death row inmate, ...

Japan faces steep challenges to abolish the death penalty, as public support remains over 80%. Activists cite risks of ...

CNN — Tokyo (CNN) — A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row in the 1960s. Now, more than five decades later, the ...

Takahiro Shiraishi (C) covering his face with his hands as he is transported to the prosecutor's office from a police station in Tokyo. Shiraishi was sentenced to death in 2020 for murdering and ...