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Wrongly imprisoned Nepali

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (L) holds his newly published autobiography in Kathmandu on May 22, 2013. The Nepali man was wrongly detained and imprisoned in Japan for 15 years. He was arrested on a charge of murdering a Japanese woman in 1997 and had his life imprisonment sentence finalized in 2003 before being cleared of the murder charge in a retrial in November 2012.

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Wrongly jailed Nepali

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali speaks during an interview at his home in Kathmandu on April 29, 2013. The Nepali man who was imprisoned in Japan for 15 years for a murder he did not commit said he is considering filing a suit for damages against the Japanese government for wrongful imprisonment and mistreatment.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali gives a news conference in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Nov. 7, 2012, after the Tokyo High Court acquitted him the same day of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he spent 15 years in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (front) gives a news conference in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Nov. 7, 2012, after the Tokyo High Court acquitted him the same day of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he spent 15 years in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali gives a news conference in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Nov. 7, 2012, after the Tokyo High Court acquitted him the same day of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he spent 15 years in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali (2nd from R) makes a victory sign on the balcony of his Kathmandu residence on Nov. 7, 2012, shortly after being informed by his supporters in Japan that the Tokyo High Court had acquitted him of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he had been sentenced to life in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kamiyama (C), who heads the defense counsel for Govinda Prasad Mainali, and other members of the counsel smile during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2012, after the Tokyo High Court exonerated the Nepalese man of a 1997 murder. The court acquitted Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of a Japanese woman.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - A supporter (R front) for Govinda Prasad Mainali holds a sheet of paper bearing the message "Acquitted in retrial," in front of the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 7, 2012, shortly after the Nepalese man was exonerated of the 1997 murder of a Japanese woman. The court acquitted Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors enter the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 7, 2012, to hear a ruling in a retrial of a Nepalese man over a high-profile 1997 murder case. The court acquitted Govinda Prasad Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of a Japanese woman.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali smiles on the balcony of his Kathmandu residence on Nov. 7, 2012, shortly after being informed by his supporters in Japan that the Tokyo High Court had acquitted him of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he had been sentenced to life in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali smiles on the balcony of his Kathmandu residence on Nov. 7, 2012, shortly after being informed by his supporters in Japan that the Tokyo High Court had acquitted him of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he had been sentenced to life in prison.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the defense counsel for Govinda Prasad Mainali enter the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 7, 2012, to hear a ruling in a retrial of the Nepalese man over a high-profile 1997 murder case. The court acquitted Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of a Japanese woman.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - A supporter (C front) for Govinda Prasad Mainali holds a sheet of paper bearing the message "Acquitted in retrial," in front of the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 7, 2012, shortly after the Nepalese man was exonerated of the 1997 murder of a Japanese woman. The court acquitted Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing.

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Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

TOKYO, Japan - Supporters for Govinda Prasad Mainali distribute handbills in front of the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 7, 2012, ahead of a ruling in a retrial of the Nepalese man over a high-profile 1997 murder case. The court acquitted Mainali, who had been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of a Japanese woman.

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Prosecutors say convicted Nepalese not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers defending Govinda Prasad Mainali smile during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012, after prosecutors said in a retrial at the Tokyo High Court earlier the same day that the 46-year-old Nepalese man convicted of killing a Japanese woman in 1997 is not guilty, making his acquittal certain.

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Convicted Nepalese to be acquitted

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali and his wife Radha wave at their home in Kathmandu on Oct. 29, 2012, as his retrial in a high-profile murder case began the same day at the Tokyo High Court. Japanese prosecutors said at the court in the retrial that the Nepalese man convicted of killing a Japanese woman in 1997 is not guilty, making his acquittal certain.

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Convicted Nepalese to be acquitted

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali waves at his home in Kathmandu on Oct. 29, 2012, as his retrial in a high-profile murder case began the same day at the Tokyo High Court. Japanese prosecutors said at the court in the retrial that the Nepalese man convicted of killing a Japanese woman in 1997 is not guilty, making his acquittal certain.

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Brother of falsely-convicted Napali

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Photo taken in June 2012 in Kathmandu, Nepal, shows Indra Prasad Mainali, brother of Govinda Prasad Mainali, who had been falsely convicted in Japan on a murder charge.

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Freed Nepalese man at his Kathmandu home

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (L), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, waves, with his wife Radha (C) and their second daughter Alisha standing next to him, from the balcony of their home in Kathmandu on June 17, 2012. Mainali returned home the previous day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, waves after a press conference in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to Nepal earlier in the day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. He is flanked by his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala (L) and his wife Radha.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gives a press conference in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to Nepal earlier in the day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. He is flanked by his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala (L) and elder brother Indra.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (2nd from L), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gives a press conference in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to Nepal earlier in the day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. To the left is his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (R), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, is reunited with his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala at Kathmandu's airport on June 16, 2012, upon his return home for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (L), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, and his wife Radha wave from the balcony of their home in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned home for the first time in 18 years the same day after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali (R), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, and his wife Radha smile aboard an airplane bound for Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned home for the first time in 18 years the same day after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. (Pool photo)

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, and his wife Radha (R) walk toward their home in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to his home country for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gestures to his mother and others who awaited him at Kathmandu's airport on June 16, 2012, upon his return home for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. To the right is his wife Radha who traveled with him from Japan.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali, the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gestures to his mother and others who awaited him at Kathmandu's airport on June 16, 2012, upon his return home for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (R), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, is reunited with his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala at Kathmandu's airport on June 16, 2012, upon his return home for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

BANGKOK, Thailand - Govinda Prasad Mainali (R), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, waves at reporters upon arrival at Bangkok's airport from Narita, Japan, en route to Kathmandu on June 15, 2012. He returned to his home country the following day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. To the left is his wife Radha.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

BANGKOK, Thailand - Govinda Prasad Mainali (2nd from R), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, his wife Radha (R) and their daughters arrive at Bangkok's airport from Narita, Japan, en route to Kathmandu on June 15, 2012. Mainali returned to his home country the following day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

BANGKOK, Thailand - Govinda Prasad Mainali, the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, waves at reporters upon arrival at Bangkok's airport from Narita, Japan, en route to Kathmandu on June 15, 2012. He returned to his home country the following day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Mainali leaves Japan for Nepal

NARITA, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali (R bottom, in a black suit), a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder case, climbs up the stairs into an airplane at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 15, 2012. After spending 15 years in prison, Mainali, 45, left Japan to return to his home country for the first time in about 18 years, accompanied by his wife Radha, 42, and their two daughters Mithila, 20, and Alisha, 18, as well as Japanese supporters.

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Mainali leaves Japan for Nepal

NARITA, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder case, shakes hands with a supporter, with his wife Radha sitting next to him, aboard an airplane ahead of departure from Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 15, 2012. To the left is their daughter Mithila. After spending 15 years in prison, Mainali, 45, left Japan to return to his home country for the first time in about 18 years, accompanied by his wife Radha, 42, and their two daughters Mithila, 20, and Alisha, 18, as well as Japanese supporters.

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Mainali leaves Japan for Nepal

NARITA, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder case, climbs up the stairs into an airplane at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 15, 2012. After spending 15 years in prison, Mainali, 45, left Japan to return to his home country for the first time in about 18 years, accompanied by his wife Radha, 42, and their two daughters Mithila, 20, and Alisha, 18, as well as Japanese supporters.

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Mainali leaves Japan for Nepal

NARITA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R), the wife of Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder case, and their daughters Mithila (L) and Alisha (C), meet the press at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 15, 2012. After spending 15 years in prison, Mainali, 45, left Japan to return to his home country for the first time in about 18 years, accompanied by Radha, 42, and their two daughters Mithila, 20, and Alisha, 18, as well as Japanese supporters.

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Mainali leaves Japan for Nepal

NARITA, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gets off a bus while surrounded by immigration officials, near an airplane at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 15, 2012. After spending 15 years in prison, Mainali, 45, left Japan to return to his home country for the first time in about 18 years, accompanied by his wife Radha, 42, and their two daughters Mithila, 20, and Alisha, 18, as well as Japanese supporters.

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Mainali leaves Japan for Nepal

NARITA, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gets off a bus while surrounded by immigration officials, near an airplane at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 15, 2012. After spending 15 years in prison, Mainali, 45, left Japan to return to his home country for the first time in about 18 years, accompanied by his wife Radha, 42, and their two daughters Mithila, 20, and Alisha, 18, as well as Japanese supporters.

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Mainali leaves Japan for Nepal

NARITA, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder case, climbs up the stairs into an airplane at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 15, 2012. After spending 15 years in prison, Mainali, 45, left Japan to return to his home country for the first time in about 18 years, accompanied by his wife Radha, 42, and their two daughters Mithila, 20, and Alisha, 18, as well as Japanese supporters.

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Mainali leaves Japan for Nepal

NARITA, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder case, climbs up the stairs into an airplane at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 15, 2012. After spending 15 years in prison, Mainali, 45, left Japan to return to his home country for the first time in about 18 years, accompanied by his wife Radha, 42, and their two daughters Mithila, 20, and Alisha, 18, as well as Japanese supporters.

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Mainali leaves Japan for Nepal

NARITA, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder case, shakes hands with a supporter, with his wife Radha sitting next to him, aboard an airplane ahead of departure from Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on June 15, 2012. After spending 15 years in prison, Mainali, 45, left Japan to return to his home country for the first time in about 18 years, accompanied by his wife Radha, 42, and their two daughters Mithila, 20, and Alisha, 18, as well as Japanese supporters.

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Mainali to leave Japan on June 15 for Nepal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kamiyama (R), who headed a group of lawyers for Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 14, 2012. Earlier the same day it was decided Mainali will leave Japan on June 15 to return to Kathmandu for the first time in about 18 years. Kamiyama said he is "greatly relieved" and praised Mainali's inner strength that enabled him to endure 15 years of imprisonment in Japan.

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Lawyers visit Nepalese man at immigration office

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyers Hiroshi Kamiyama (L) and Shozaburo Ishida meet the press after visiting Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese granted a retrial over a 1997 murder case, at the Yokohama Office of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on June 13, 2012. The lawyers visited Mainali as they wished to see him one more time before his pending repatriation. During their meeting, Kamiyama, who headed a group of lawyers for Mainali, exchanged a high-five with him through the acrylic sheet that separated them, while the Nepalese told Kamiyama, "Finally, I have something to tell you. Please get married soon," according to the lawyers.

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Mother of Nepalese man granted retrial in Japan

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Chandrakala Mainali, mother of Nepalese man Govinda Prasad Mainali, is interviewed in Kathmandu on June 10, 2012, after Govinda was granted a retrial in Japan after serving 15 years in prison for the 1997 murder of a Japanese.

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Brother of Nepalese man granted retrial in Japan

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Indra Mainali, elder brother of Nepalese man Govinda Prasad Mainali, is interviewed at his home in Kathmandu on June 10, 2012, after Govinda was granted a retrial in Japan after serving 15 years in prison for the 1997 murder of a Japanese.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) Radha Mainali and her second daughter Alisha and eldest daughter Mithila are interviewed in Yokohama on June 8, 2012, after meeting Radha's husband, and Alisha and Mithila's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali, at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R, front row) and her daughters Mithila (L, front row) and Alisha (C, front row) leave the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, after meeting Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) Radha Mainali and her daughters Mithila and Alisha visit the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, to meet Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R, front row) and her daughters Mithila (L, front row) and Alisha (C, front row) visit the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, to meet Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Tokyo High Court grants retrial to Nepalese man

TOKYO, Japan - Radha Mainali (2nd from R, front row) and her eldest daughter Mithila (R, front row) and second daughter Alisha (3rd from R, front row) pose for photos in front of the Tokyo High Court on June 7, 2012, after hearing that the court decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which Govinda Prasad Mainali, Radha's husband and Mithila and Alisha's father, was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo.