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 ...

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

A private-sector panel highlighted various problems with Japan’s capital punishment system, including the possibility of ...

CHIBA, Japan (AP) — An Australian woman accused of smuggling amphetamines in a suitcase appeared in a Japanese court on ...

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

Despite a proposal by legal experts, the Japanese government has ruled out setting up a commission to review capital ...

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

Perth grandmother Donna Nelson has told a Japanese court she didn't know she had drugs in her luggage as her smuggling trial ...

A 2024 white paper on measures to prevent death by overwork in Japan found that 883 people were recognized as suffering from related mental health disorders, up 173 from the previous year.

Andy Farrell’s side roared into a 22-9 half-time lead but Argentina came back and set up a chance of a first win in Dublin ...

Zookeepers in Scotland have blamed pyrotechnics from annual Bonfire Night celebrations for the death of a baby red panda ...

On this day in 1998 Gerard Houllier took sole charge of a Liverpool game for the first time after a bold but fatally flawed ...