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Man jailed for life for 1990 murder freed after DNA test

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Toshikazu Sugaya, a 62-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl, leaves Chiba Prison in Chiba Prefecture on June 4 following his release the same day after 17 years in jail.

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Man jailed for life for 1990 murder freed after DNA test

CHIBA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, a 62-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl, is released from Chiba Prison in Chiba Prefecture on June 4 after 17 years in jail. Prosecutors told a high court they will approve a retrial because a recent DNA test showed it is highly likely that he is innocent of the crime.

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Man jailed for life for 1990 murder freed after DNA test

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Toshikazu Sugaya, a 62-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 4-year-old girl in 1990, leaves Chiba Prison in Chiba Prefecture on June 4 following his release the same day after 17 years in jail.

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Aged S. Korean convict in Japan paroled after 31 years

NARITA, Japan - Kim Hui Ro, a South Korean resident of Japan previously serving a life sentence for murder, leaves Narita airport for Pusan, South Korea, on Sept. 7. Kim, 70, was paroled earlier in the day from a prison in Chiba Prefecture, 31 years after his arrest. Kim had been convicted of killing two Japanese who had pressured him to repay money he owed them.

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Man jailed for life for 1990 murder freed after DNA test

CHIBA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, a 62-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl, is released from Chiba Prison in Chiba Prefecture on June 4 after 17 years in jail. Prosecutors told a high court they will approve a retrial because a recent DNA test showed it is highly likely that he is innocent of the crime. (Kyodo)

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Man jailed for life for 1990 murder freed after DNA test

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Toshikazu Sugaya, a 62-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 4-year-old girl in 1990, leaves Chiba Prison in Chiba Prefecture on June 4 following his release the same day after 17 years in jail. (Kyodo)

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Man jailed for life for 1990 murder freed after DNA test

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Toshikazu Sugaya, a 62-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl, leaves Chiba Prison in Chiba Prefecture on June 4 following his release the same day after 17 years in jail. (Kyodo)

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Aneha sentenced to 5 years over building data fabrication

TOKYO, Japan - Disqualified architect Hidetsugu Aneha, the main player in the earthquake-resistance data fabrication scandal, leaves his house in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 26 for the Tokyo District Court. The court sentenced him to five years in prison and a fine of 1.8 million yen. (Kyodo)

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1970 JAL hijacker freed from prison due to illness

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Tanaka, 58, who is serving a 12-year prison term for taking part in the hijacking of Japan Airlines flight in 1970, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 15 to enter a hospital in Chiba Prefecture after being released from the Osaka prison hospital. The Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office is believed to have decided to suspend the sentence on Tanaka apparently finding his illness too serious to be treated in prison. (Kyodo)

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1970 JAL hijacker Tanaka dies due to illness

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Tanaka (file photo taken in June, 2000), a former radical group member involved in the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet, dies of liver cancer on Jan. 1 at a hospital in Chiba Prefecture after being released from prison last month due to the illness. He was 58. (Kyodo)

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Cult leader gets 15-year prison term for murder

CHIBA, Japan - The Chiba District Court on Feb. 5 sentenced Koji Takahashi (file photo), 63, leader of the Life Space religious group, to 15 years in prison for murdering a 66-year-old man whose mummified body was found at a hotel in Chiba Prefecture in 1999.

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Father gets 16-yr prison term over fatal abuse of daughter

Photo taken March 19, 2020, shows a courtroom at the Chiba District Court near Tokyo where Yuichiro Kurihara was sentenced to 16 years in prison the same day for physical abuse that led to the death of his 10-year-old daughter in January 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Father gets 16-yr prison term over fatal abuse of daughter

Photo taken March 19, 2020, shows a courtroom at the Chiba District Court near Tokyo where Yuichiro Kurihara was sentenced to 16 years in prison the same day for physical abuse that led to the death of his 10-year-old daughter in January 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aged S. Korean convict in Japan paroled after 31 years

NARITA, Japan - Kim Hui Ro, a South Korean resident of Japan previously serving a life sentence for murder, leaves Narita airport for Pusan, South Korea, on Sept. 7. Kim, 70, was paroled earlier in the day from a prison in Chiba Prefecture, 31 years after his arrest. Kim had been convicted of killing two Japanese who had pressured him to repay money he owed them.