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[Breaking News]Japanese man's acquittal of 1966 murders finalized

SHIZUOKA, Japan, Oct. 9 Kyodo - Shizuoka prefectural police chief Takayoshi Tsuda speaks to reporters at the prefectural police headquarters in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Oct. 9, 2024, after it was announced the previous day that prosecutors will not appeal the recent acquittal of Iwao Hakamata, 88, in his retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder for which he had been sentenced to death. (Kyodo)

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Japanese man's acquittal of 1966 murders finalized

Shizuoka prefectural police chief Takayoshi Tsuda (far R) speaks to reporters at the prefectural police headquarters in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Oct. 9, 2024, after it was announced the previous day that prosecutors will not appeal the recent acquittal of Iwao Hakamata, 88, in his retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder for which he had been sentenced to death.

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Japanese man's acquittal of 1966 murders finalized

Shizuoka prefectural police chief Takayoshi Tsuda speaks to reporters at the prefectural police headquarters in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Oct. 9, 2024, after it was announced the previous day that prosecutors will not appeal the recent acquittal of Iwao Hakamata, 88, in his retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder for which he had been sentenced to death.

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Japanese man's acquittal of 1966 murders finalized

Shizuoka prefectural police chief Takayoshi Tsuda speaks to reporters at the prefectural police headquarters in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Oct. 9, 2024, after it was announced the previous day that prosecutors will not appeal the recent acquittal of Iwao Hakamata, 88, in his retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder for which he had been sentenced to death.

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Senior defense official arrested over suspected bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Takayoshi Kawano, technical councilor at the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, enters the Tokyo Detention House on Jan. 30. Kawano and two others were arrested on suspicion of leading bid rigging for projects ordered by the agency.

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Japan names 8 senior vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows eight new senior vice ministers whom the Japanese government replaced on Jan. 8. From left to right on the top are Akihiko Kumashiro of the Cabinet Office, Genichiro Sata and Kaneshige Wakamatsu of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, and Takayoshi Taniguchi of the Finance Ministry. From left to right on the bottom are Kazuaki Miyaji and Yasu Kano of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Shigeaki Tsukihara of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Eiichi Yamashita of the Ministry of Environment.

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Papers signed for continued use of U.S. base sites

NAHA, Japan - Takayoshi Kawano, an official of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, signs Aug. 16 papers required for continuing the forcible lease of sites in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, used by the U.S. military despite the refusals of landowners.

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Japan names 8 senior vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows eight new senior vice ministers whom the Japanese government replaced on Jan. 8. From left to right on the top are Akihiko Kumashiro of the Cabinet Office, Genichiro Sata and Kaneshige Wakamatsu of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, and Takayoshi Taniguchi of the Finance Ministry. From left to right on the bottom are Kazuaki Miyaji and Yasu Kano of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Shigeaki Tsukihara of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Eiichi Yamashita of the Ministry of Environment.

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Senior defense official arrested over suspected bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Takayoshi Kawano, technical councilor at the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, enters the Tokyo Detention House on Jan. 30. Kawano and two others were arrested on suspicion of leading bid rigging for projects ordered by the agency. (Kyodo)

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Senior defense official arrested over suspected bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors on Jan. 30 arrested Takayoshi Kawano (photo taken in August 2000), technical counselor at the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, and several others on suspicion of involvement in bid rigging for projects related to the agency. (Kyodo)

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Portrait of foreign men (Kida Takayoshi Photo Studio)

Portrait of foreign men (Kida Takayoshi Photo Studio)==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Street of inns at yumoto hot spring

The bridge in the fore is Fukuzumi Bridge and the bridge in the rear is Asahi Bridge. Initially, Fukuzumi Bridge was Asahi Bridge which was crossed by Sanjo Saneyoshi for the first time, but was moved to the upper stream of Haya River and renamed. On the ofher side of Fukuzumi Bridge is the Western-style hotel Mansuirofukuju where Kido Takayoshi,Ito Hirobumi, Fukuzawa Yukichi and others were frequent guests.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐2‐0]

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Kido Takayoshi

Kido Takayoshi==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Ex-chairman of bankrupt Japan Life, 13 others arrested over fraud

File photo taken at the Consumer Affairs Agency in December 2017 shows a magnetic vest used by now-bankrupt Japan Life Co. in its "rental owner" investment scam. The company's former chairman, Takayoshi Yamaguchi, 78, and 13 others were arrested on Sept. 18, 2020, on suspicion of running the scam, involving clothing, jewelry and other goods it claimed have health benefits.

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Papers signed for continued use of U.S. base sites

NAHA, Japan - Takayoshi Kawano, an official of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency, signs Aug. 16 papers required for continuing the forcible lease of sites in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, used by the U.S. military despite the refusals of landowners.