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Japan prosecutor apologizes to man acquitted of 1966 murders

Hideko Hakamata speaks to the media after Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, apologized in person to her 88-year-old brother Iwao at their home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Iwao Hakamata was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)

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Japan prosecutor apologizes to man acquitted of 1966 murders

Iwao Hakamata (R), 88, is pictured at his home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, visited and apologized the same day to Hakamata, who was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)

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Japan prosecutor apologizes to man acquitted of 1966 murders

Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, bows in apology to Iwao Hakamata (2nd from R) and his sister Hideko (far R) during a visit to their home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Iwao Hakamata, 88, was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)

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Japan prosecutor apologizes to man acquitted of 1966 murders

Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, bows in apology to Iwao Hakamata (2nd from R) and his sister Hideko (far R) during a visit to their home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Iwao Hakamata, 88, was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)

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Central, local gov'ts at odds over fate of stud bulls

TOKYO, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru holds a press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on July 13, 2010, after meeting with farm minister Masahiko Yamada to discuss the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the prefecture.

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Central, local gov'ts at odds over fate of stud bulls

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masahiko Yamada speaks at a news conference at his ministry in Tokyo on July 13, 2010, after meeting with Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru to discuss the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the prefecture.

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Citizens launch 'residence with helping hand' for elderly

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Yamada, 73, sits on his bed in his room at the newly opened Furusato Akiraso, a model project for the elderly, in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Oct. 6.

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Central, local gov'ts at odds over fate of stud bulls

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masahiko Yamada speaks at a news conference at his ministry in Tokyo on July 13, 2010, after meeting with Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru to discuss the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Central, local gov'ts at odds over fate of stud bulls

TOKYO, Japan - Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru holds a press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on July 13, 2010, after meeting with farm minister Masahiko Yamada to discuss the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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7 arrested over Olympus loss coverup

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows former Olympus Corp. Chairman and President Tsuyoshi Kikukawa (L) and former Executive Vice President Hisashi Mori. Prosecutors arrested Kikukawa and Mori on Feb. 16, 2012, as well as the medical equipment maker's former auditor Hideo Yamada and a former securities company employee, on suspicion of falsifying the company's financial reports in its massive investment loss coverup. The Tokyo police also arrested three other former employees of a major securities company who are alleged to have advised those in the Olympus management on the coverup. (Kyodo)

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7 arrested over Olympus loss coverup

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Olympus Corp.'s former auditor Hideo Yamada. Prosecutors arrested Yamada, and the medical equipment maker's former Chairman and President Tsuyoshi Kikukawa and former Executive Vice President Hisashi Mori on Feb. 16, 2012, as well as a former securities company employee, on suspicion of falsifying the company's financial reports in its massive investment loss coverup. The Tokyo police also arrested three other former employees of a major securities company who are alleged to have advised those in the Olympus management on the coverup. (Kyodo)