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Redress for acquitted man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who was acquitted in a retrial for a 1990 murder, walks into the Utsunomiya District Court in Tochigi Prefecture on Jan. 13, 2011. The court told him the same day that he will receive around 80 million yen in compensation for his wrongful conviction, the amount that he had requested.

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Wrongly accused Sugaya seeks state redress

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who was acquitted of killing a 4-year-old girl, speaks at a press conference in Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 22, 2010 after submitting documents seeking state compensation. Sugaya is seeking about 80 million yen for the 17 and a half years he spent in detention due to being wrongfully convicted.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (L), who was acquitted by the Utsunomiya District Court over a 1990 murder case, shakes hands with Kazuo Ishikawa, who is in his third retrial over a 1963 murder case, on March 26, 2010, in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. Sugaya, who spent 17 years in prison after a wrongful conviction, said he wants to spend his life supporting others who have suffered as a result of false accusations.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, looks up at the sky in front of the Utsunomiya District Court in Tochigi Prefecture on March 26, 2010, after the court acquitted him. Sugaya's initial conviction in the death of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who was acquitted by the Utsunomiya District Court over a 1990 murder case, acknowledges supporters as he leaves the court on March 26, 2010. The court acquitted Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for the murder before being released following a new DNA test, in a retrial and apologized for its past ruling that convicted him based on a flawed DNA test and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, smiles during a news conference at the Tochigi prefectural government building on March 26, 2010. The Utsunomiya District Court acquitted Sugaya in a retrial earlier the same day and apologized for its past ruling that convicted him based on a flawed DNA test and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, smiles during at a news conference in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, after the Utsunomiya District Court acquitted him. Sugaya's initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, speaks at a news conference in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, after the Utsunomiya District Court acquitted him. Sugaya's initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, celebrates in front of the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, after the court acquitted him. Sugaya's initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, holds up a banner showing the Utsunomiya Court's ruling to acquit him in front of the court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010. The verdict formally cleared Sugaya, a former kindergarten bus driver convicted of killing Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, holds up a banner showing the Utsunomiya Court's ruling to acquit him in front of the court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010. The verdict formally cleared Sugaya, a former kindergarten bus driver convicted of killing Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, is moved to tears in front of the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, after the court acquitted him. Sugaya's initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, celebrates in front of the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, after the court acquitted him. Sugaya's initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, is surrounded by reporters in front of the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, after the court acquitted him. Sugaya's initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, holds up a banner showing the Utsunomiya Court's ruling to acquit him in front of the court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010. The verdict formally cleared Sugaya, a former kindergarten bus driver convicted of killing Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, celebrates in front of the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, after the court acquitted him. Sugaya's initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison for a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test, celebrates in front of the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, after the court acquitted him. Sugaya's initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who served 17 years in prison before being released following a new DNA test over 1990 murder case, speaks to reporters in front of the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, before entering the court to hear the court's ruling on his retrial. The court acquitted Sugaya, whose initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who served 17 years in prison before being released following a new DNA test over a 1990 murder case, heads for the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, to hear the court's ruling on his retrial. The court acquitted Sugaya, whose initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who served 17 years in prison before being released following a new DNA test over a 1990 murder case, heads for the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, to hear the court's ruling on his retrial. The court acquitted Sugaya, whose initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who served 17 years in prison before being released following a new DNA test over a 1990 murder case, heads for the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, to hear the court's ruling on his retrial. The court acquitted Sugaya, whose initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - People form long lines in front of the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, to get tickets to the gallery seats to hear the court's ruling on the retrial of Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison over a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test. The court acquitted Sugaya, whose initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder acquitted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - People form long lines in front of the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on March 26, 2010, to get tickets to the gallery seats to hear the court's ruling on the retrial of Toshikazu Sugaya, who served 17 years in prison over a 1990 murder before being released following a new DNA test. The court acquitted Sugaya, whose initial conviction in the death of Mami Matsuda, 4, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, was based on flawed DNA testing and a false confession.

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Prosecutors apologize to man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who was jailed for 17 years until last June over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test proved his innocence, speaks during a news conference at the Tochigi prefectural government building in Utsunomiya on Feb. 12, 2010, after the sixth session of his retrial at the Utsunomiya District Court. Prosecutors apologized in court for making Sugaya serve time in prison.

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Prosecutors ask for acquittal of man in murder retrial

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who was jailed for 17 years until last June over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test proved his innocence, arrives at the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on Feb. 12, 2010, to attend the sixth session of his retrial. Prosecutors apologized in court for making him serve time in prison.

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Prosecutors ask for acquittal of man in murder retrial

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who was jailed for 17 years until last June over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test proved his innocence, arrives at the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on Feb. 12, 2010, to attend the sixth session of his retrial. Prosecutors apologized in court for making him serve time in prison.

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Tapes explain scene of Sugaya's false confession

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who was jailed for 17 years until last June over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test proved his innocence, walks to the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on Jan. 22, 2010, to attend the fifth session of his retrial.

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Tapes of interrogation of Sugaya played at court

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who was jailed for 17 years until last June over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test proved his innocence, speaks at a news conference in Utsunomiya on Jan. 21, 2010, after audiotapes of a prosecutor questioning him were played at the Utsunomiya District Court during the fourth session of his retrial.

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Tapes of interrogation on Sugaya played at court

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), 63, who was jailed for 17 years until last June over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test proved his innocence, arrives at the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on Jan. 21, 2010, to attend his retrial. Audiotapes of a prosecutor questioning Sugaya were played at the court during the fourth session of his retrial.

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Specialist testifies Sugaya's DNA did not match evidence

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - At the Tochigi prefectural government building, 63-year-old ex-convict Toshikazu Sugaya, who was wrongly arrested and sentenced to life in prison, speaks during a news conference on Nov. 24, 2009, after his trial at the Utsunomiya District Court. Sugaya was arrested and indicted in December 1991 on suspicion of killing a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture in May 1990, but the latest trial is expected to formally exonerate him, finding he was wrongly convicted.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder pleads innocence in retrial

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 63, who spent 17 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl in 1990 in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, speaks during a news conference at the Tochigi prefectural office on Oct. 21 after attending his retrial at the Utsunomiya District Court in the prefecture.

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Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder pleads innocence in retrial

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 63, who spent 17 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl in 1990 in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, walks to the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya in the prefecture on Oct. 21, 2009, to attend his retrial. He pleaded not guilty and called for clarifying the truth behind the false accusation in the retrial, which began the same day.

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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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High court decides to retry 1990 murder case to acquit Sugaya

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya speaks at a news conference in Tokyo June 23 after the Tokyo High Court decided to open a retrial on him over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in light of fresh DNA evidence that effectively proves him not guilty.

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Released man prays for murdered girl

ASHIKAGA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (front), 62, who is believed to have been wrongfully convicted in the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, visits the site where the girl's body was found. Sugaya was released earlier this month after 17 years in prison.

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Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, speaks during a news conference in Utsunomiya on June 17, after receiving an apology from the chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa. Sugaya was released earlier this month after 17 years in prison.

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Released man prays for murdered girl

ASHIKAGA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who is believed to have been wrongfully convicted in the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, prays for the girl near the spot where her body was found. Sugaya was released earlier this month after 17 years in prison.

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Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, closes his eyes during a news conference in Utsunomiya on June 17, after receiving an apology from the chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa. Sugaya was released earlier this month after 17 years in prison.

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Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, speaks during a news conference in Utsunomiya on June 17, after receiving an apology from the chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa. Sugaya was released earlier this month after 17 years in prison.

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Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - The chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa (R), apologizes to Toshikazu Sugaya (L), 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture. Sugaya was released from 17 years of prison earlier this month.

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Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - The chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa (R), apologizes to Toshikazu Sugaya (2nd from L), 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture. Sugaya was released from 17 years of prison earlier this month.

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Court to decide on 1990 murder retrial next week to acquit man

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who was jailed for 17 years and released earlier this month after fresh DNA tests indicated his innocence, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 16 after the Tokyo High Court announced it will decide next week whether to start a retrial in the 1990 murder case of a 4-year-old girl. Sugaya was convicted of kidnapping and murdering the girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, but was freed on June 4 by the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office.

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Released man says lay judges would not have acquitted him

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who was freed from prison on June 4 after a DNA test highly likely proved his innocence and after spending 17 years and six months in jail, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at its headquarters in Tokyo on June 6.

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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

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who was serving a life sentence for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, holds a bouquet of flowers after a press conference at a hotel in Chiba on June 4. Earlier in the day, Sugaya was released after 17 years in jail as prosecutors told a high court they will accept a retrial because a recent DNA test highly likely proves his innocence.

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Man jailed for life for 1990 murder freed after DNA test

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who was serving a life sentence for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, smiles during a press conference at a hotel in Chiba on June 4 after being released after 17 years in jail as prosecutors told a high court they will accept a retrial because a recent DNA test highly likely proves his innocence.

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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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Mexican female panda arrives at Ueno Zoo

TOKYO, Japan - Shuan Shuan, a female giant panda from Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, arrives at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Dec. 3 for a breeding rendezvous with 18-year-old Ling Ling, the Ueno Zoo's last remaining panda. At left is Ueno Zoo head Hiroshi Sugaya.