A Japanese man who was on death row for nearly half a century has been granted a retrial. Iwao Hakamata, now 87, is the world's longest-serving death row inmate, according to Amnesty International.

The Tokyo Bar Association selected Hideko Hakamata, the elder sister of former death-row inmate Iwao, to receive its human rights award. The association said Friday that it recognized the 91-year ...

Tokyo, Dec. 6 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo Bar Association said Friday it has selected Hideko Hakamata, the elder sister of former death-row inmate Iwao, as a recipient of its human rights award.

Iwao Hakamata has been awaiting his potential execution for 56 years An 88-year-old man who is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted by a Japanese court, after it found ...

The head of a public prosecutor's office in Shizuoka Prefecture directly apologized on Wednesday to Iwao Hakamata, who was recently acquitted in a retrial decades after he was convicted of the ...