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Court rejects appeal for retrial of 1961 wine poisoning case

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyer Izumi Suzuki speaks during a press conference on Jan. 9, 2015, in the city of Nagoya, central Japan, after the Nagoya High Court rejected an appeal for a retrial filed by Masaru Okunishi, 88, who has been on death row since 1972 over the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. Suzuki, Okunishi's chief counsel, said the defense will file a special appeal with the Supreme Court.

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Court decides not to reopen 1961 murder case for death-row inmate

NAGOYA, Japan - Izumi Suzuki (C), chief lawyer for 88-year-old death-row inmate Masaru Okunishi, speaks to reporters in Nagoya on May 28, 2014, after the Nagoya High Court decided not to retry Okunishi for the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Nabari, Mie, Prefecture. The court said Okunishi had no case to seek a retrial because the evidence and arguments presented to the court were the same as in his previous application.

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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyer Izumi Suzuki, who heads the defense counsel for Masaru Okunishi, an 86-year-old death-row inmate convicted of poisoning five women by pesticide-laced wine and injuring 12 others in 1961 in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nagoya High Court in Nagoya on May 25, 2012, after the court decided to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi.

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Court revokes decision to reopen trial over 1961 murder case

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyer Izumi Suzuki who heads the defense counsel for convicted Masaru Okunishi speaks during a news conference in Nagoya on Dec. 26 after The Nagoya High Court revoked its earlier decision to reopen the trial of Okunishi who was sentenced to death for killing five people with poisoned wine in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in March 1961. The court accepted an objection filed by prosecutors.

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J-League approves appointment of Onitake as chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Onitake (R), vice chairman of the J-League, poses for photo after taking over the chairmanship from Masaru Suzuki (L) at a press conference in Tokyo on July 20.

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Suzuki becomes new J-League chairman

TOKYO, Japan - New J-League chairman Masaru Suzuki (R) speaks at his inaugural news conference in Tokyo on July 23 as his predecessor Saburo Kawabuchi (L) listens. Kawabuchi has been promoted to president of the Japan Football Association (JFA).

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Suzuki, new chairman of J-League

TOKYO, Japan - Masaru Suzuki, vice president of the Japan Football Association (JFA, assumed the post of J-League chairman on July 23, taking over from Saburo Kawabuch, who was promoted to JFA president. The 66-year-old Suzuki served as president of L-League first-division side Antlers for eight years from 1994 and was a board member of the J-League.

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U.S. concerned over info leak to Russia through Japan diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Masaru Sato (L), a Russian affairs expert at the Foreign Ministry, and lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (R) are seen together with Russian officials in a photo taken on Oct. 29, 2000 on the Russian-held Kunashiri Island, east of Hokkaido. The United States is concerned about possible leaks of U.S. information to Russia through Sato, who was arrested for alleged fund fraud on May 14.

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J-League approves appointment of Onitake as chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Onitake (R), vice chairman of the J-League, poses for photo after taking over the chairmanship from Masaru Suzuki (L) at a press conference in Tokyo on July 20. (Kyodo)

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Foreign Ministry's ex-Russian expert pleads not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Masaru Sato, a former Russian affairs expert at the Foreign Ministry, enters the Tokyo District Court building on Sept. 17 to attend the first hearing of a trial linked to arrested lawmaker Muneo Suzuki. Sato pleaded not guilty to charges of misusing state funds and conspiracy to rig the bidding for a public tender. (Kyodo)

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Death row inmate seeking retrial over 1961 wine poisoning case dies

Izumi Suzuki, chief lawyer for an 89-year-old death row inmate who died at Hachioji Medical Prison in Tokyo, meets with reporters on Oct. 4, 2015. On late inmate Masaru Okunishi who had sought a retrial over wine poisoning murders in 1961, Suzuki said, "I feel great anger toward court authorities, who failed to correct this miscarriage of justice." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New retrial petition filed over wine poisoning case

Izumi Suzuki, the chief lawyer for death row inmate Masaru Okunishi, attends a press conference in the central Japanese city of Nagoya on May 15, 2015. Suzuki filed the 9th petition for retrial on behalf of the 89-year-old Okunishi, who is on death row for the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Nabari. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New retrial petition filed over wine poisoning case

Izumi Suzuki (2nd from L), the chief lawyer for death row inmate Masaru Okunishi, attends a press conference in the central Japanese city of Nagoya on May 15, 2015. Suzuki filed the 9th petition for retrial on behalf of the 89-year-old Okunishi, who is on death row for the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Nabari. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Guilty verdict for diplomat over fund misuse to be finalized

TOKYO, Japan - Diplomat Masaru Sato (L), also known as a best-selling writer, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on July 1 after the Supreme Court decided to reject his appeal. Sato was found guilty by lower courts of misusing state funds and interfering in bidding for an aid project for Russia under the influence of House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki. (Kyodo)

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High court upholds guilty ruling on ex-intel diplomat Sato

TOKYO, Japan - former Foreign Ministry analyst Masaru Sato, charged with misusing state funds and interfering in an aid project for Russia in 2000 under the influence of outspoken lawmaker Muneo Suzuki, arrives at the Tokyo High Court on Jan. 31. The court upheld a lower court's guilty ruling on him. (Kyodo)

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Court revokes decision to reopen trial over 1961 murder case

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyer Izumi Suzuki who heads the defense counsel for convicted Masaru Okunishi speaks during a news conference in Nagoya on Dec. 26 after The Nagoya High Court revoked its earlier decision to reopen the trial of Okunishi who was sentenced to death for killing five people with poisoned wine in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in March 1961. The court accepted an objection filed by prosecutors. (Kyodo)

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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyer Izumi Suzuki, who heads the defense counsel for Masaru Okunishi, an 86-year-old death-row inmate convicted of poisoning five women by pesticide-laced wine and injuring 12 others in 1961 in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nagoya High Court in Nagoya on May 25, 2012, after the court decided to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects appeal for retrial of 1961 wine poisoning case

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyer Izumi Suzuki speaks during a press conference on Jan. 9, 2015, in the city of Nagoya, central Japan, after the Nagoya High Court rejected an appeal for a retrial filed by Masaru Okunishi, 88, who has been on death row since 1972 over the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. Suzuki, Okunishi's chief counsel, said the defense will file a special appeal with the Supreme Court. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki becomes new J-League chairman

TOKYO, Japan - New J-League chairman Masaru Suzuki (R) speaks at his inaugural news conference in Tokyo on July 23 as his predecessor Saburo Kawabuchi (L) listens. Kawabuchi has been promoted to president of the Japan Football Association (JFA).

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U.S. concerned over info leak to Russia through Japan diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Masaru Sato (L), a Russian affairs expert at the Foreign Ministry, and lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (R) are seen together with Russian officials in a photo taken on Oct. 29, 2000 on the Russian-held Kunashiri Island, east of Hokkaido. The United States is concerned about possible leaks of U.S. information to Russia through Sato, who was arrested for alleged fund fraud on May 14.