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Chief prosecutor apologizes to wrongfully imprisoned man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Hideo Makuta (R), the top prosecutor at the Utsunomiya District Public Prosecutors Office, bows on Oct. 5, 2009, as he met with Toshikazu Sugaya (L) to apologize to him for wrongfully indicting him and making him serve in prison for about 17 years.

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Chief prosecutor apologizes to wrongfully imprisoned man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (R), who had been jailed for about 17 years until recently over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test effectively proved his innocence, speaks to reporters in Utsunomiya on Oct. 5, 2009, after he received an apology from Hideo Makuta, the top prosecutor at the Utsunomiya District Public Prosecutors Office.

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Tohoku Electric scraps nuke plant project in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. President Keiichi Makuta (L) meets with Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama on Dec. 24 to convey his firm's decision to abandon its plans to build a nuclear power plant in Maki, Niigata Prefecture. This is the first time a project included in the government's plan for developing power sources has been scrapped.

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Chief prosecutor apologizes to wrongfully imprisoned man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Hideo Makuta (R), the top prosecutor at the Utsunomiya District Public Prosecutors Office, bows on Oct. 5, 2009, as he met with Toshikazu Sugaya (L) to apologize to him for wrongfully indicting him and making him serve in prison for about 17 years. (Kyodo)

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Chief prosecutor apologizes to wrongfully imprisoned man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (R), who had been jailed for about 17 years until recently over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test effectively proved his innocence, speaks to reporters in Utsunomiya on Oct. 5, 2009, after he received an apology from Hideo Makuta, the top prosecutor at the Utsunomiya District Public Prosecutors Office. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku Electric scraps nuke plant project in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. President Keiichi Makuta (L) meets with Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama on Dec. 24 to convey his firm's decision to abandon its plans to build a nuclear power plant in Maki, Niigata Prefecture. This is the first time a project included in the government's plan for developing power sources has been scrapped. (Kyodo)