Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 26 Kyodo - Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata, deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

E

Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

E

Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

(from L) Takashi Koike, head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office's public security bureau, Hiroshi Ichikawa, deputy chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, and Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bow in apology to the bereaved family of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's lawyer. Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died next year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

E

Police, prosecutors apologize at grave of wrongfully accused man

Tetsuro Kamata (C), deputy superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, and prosecutors apologize at the grave of Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., in Yokohama on Aug. 25, 2025, alongside Aishima's two sons (back). Aishima was wrongfully accused of the unauthorized export of sensitive equipment in 2020 and died the following year at age 72 without being granted bail. (Pool photo)

E

US: Pro-Palestine Students Protest Outside NYC Barnard College

Pro-Palestinian activists protested outside the Barnard College campus on Monday, August 19. Several Columbia student groups called for the rally to show support for Barnard student activists, who they said had been “wrongfully disciplined and targeted” for protesting Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

E

U.S. lawyer says DNA test a must to counter false charges

NEW YORK, United States - Bryce Benjet, a staff attorney for the New York-based nonprofit legal clinic Innocence Project, says in an interview at the clinic's office in April 2014 that DNA testing is a must to exonerate wrongfully convicted people. Pictures of exonerated former convicts are put up on the wall.

E

1966 murder case

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyers for Iwao Hakamada, who was sentenced to death over a 1966 multiple murder case, head for the Shizuoka District Court in Shizuoka Prefecture with his sister Hideko (far R) on Dec. 2, 2013, to submit a statement calling for a retrial. The lawyers said new evidence indicated their client was wrongfully convicted.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

Toyama man acquitted in retrial after serving 2 years over rape

TOYAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Yanagihara speaks during a news conference in Toyama on Oct. 10 after the Toyama District Court acquitted him earlier in the day in a retrial held after he served about two years in prison for rape and attempted rape in cases for which he was wrongfully convicted.

E

Kanazawa Univ. apologizes for wrongfully rejecting students

TOKYO, Japan - Yujiro Hayashi (2nd from L), president of the state-run Kanazawa University in Ishikawa Prefecture, and other faculty members apologize at a press conference June 18 for the university's rejection, due to computer errors, of six applicants who passed its 1997 and 1998 entrance exams.

E

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Leslie Nielsen Characters: Ryan Harrison Film: Wrongfully Accused (1998) Director: Pat Proft 23 July 1998 Date: 23 July 1998

E

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Kelly Lebrock & Leslie Nielsen Characters: Lauren Goodhue, Ryan Harrison Film: Wrongfully Accused (1998) Director: Pat Proft 23 July 1998 Date: 23 July 1998

E

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Leslie Nielsen Characters: Ryan Harrison Film: Wrongfully Accused (1998) Director: Pat Proft 23 July 1998 Date: 23 July 1998

E

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Melinda Mcgraw, Leslie Nielsen Characters: Cass Lake,Ryan Harrison Film: Wrongfully Accused (1998) Director: Pat Proft 23 July 1998 Date: 23 July 1998

E

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Leslie Nielsen & Kelly Lebrock Characters: Ryan Harrison & Lauren Goodhue Film: Wrongfully Accused (1998) Director: Pat Proft 23 July 1998 Date: 23 July 1998

E

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Leslie Nielsen Characters: Ryan Harrison Film: Wrongfully Accused (1998) Director: Pat Proft 23 July 1998 Date: 23 July 1998

E

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Leslie Nielsen Characters: Ryan Harrison Film: Wrongfully Accused (1998) Director: Pat Proft 23 July 1998 Date: 23 July 1998

E

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Leslie Nielsen Characters: Ryan Harrison Film: Wrongfully Accused (1998) Director: Pat Proft 23 July 1998 Date: 23 July 1998

E

Wrongfully Accused (1998)

Leslie Nielsen, Melinda Mcgraw Characters: Ryan Harrison,Cass Lake Film: Wrongfully Accused (1998) Director: Pat Proft 23 July 1998 Date: 23 July 1998

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

'Coincidence' takes woman on 17-yr quest to prove man's innocence

ASHIKAGA, Japan - Itoko Nishimaki holds up a flyer on March 12, 2010, in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, in support of Toshikazu Sugaya who was wrongfully convicted but is expected to be acquitted of the 1990 murder of a girl. (Kyodo)

E

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)

E

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)

E

Toyama man acquitted in retrial after serving 2 years over rape

TOYAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Yanagihara speaks during a news conference in Toyama on Oct. 10 after the Toyama District Court acquitted him earlier in the day in a retrial held after he served about two years in prison for rape and attempted rape in cases for which he was wrongfully convicted. (Kyodo)

E

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. (Kyodo)

E

U.S. lawyer says DNA test a must to counter false charges

NEW YORK, United States - Bryce Benjet, a staff attorney for the New York-based nonprofit legal clinic Innocence Project, says in an interview at the clinic's office in April 2014 that DNA testing is a must to exonerate wrongfully convicted people. Pictures of exonerated former convicts are put up on the wall. (Kyodo)

E

Nepali speaks on 1st visit to Japan after wrongly jailed for 15 years

Govinda Prasad Mainali speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2017. The Nepalese man, who was held behind bars in Japan for 15 years after being wrongfully accused of murder, said he has "yet to receive an apology from Japanese police, prosecutors or judges." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Nepali speaks on 1st visit to Japan after wrongly jailed for 15 years

Govinda Prasad Mainali, accompanied by his wife Radha (back), speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2017. The Nepalese man, who was held behind bars in Japan for 15 years after being wrongfully accused of murder, said he has "yet to receive an apology from Japanese police, prosecutors or judges." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Kanazawa Univ. apologizes for wrongfully rejecting students

TOKYO, Japan - Yujiro Hayashi (2nd from L), president of the state-run Kanazawa University in Ishikawa Prefecture, and other faculty members apologize at a press conference June 18 for the university's rejection, due to computer errors, of six applicants who passed its 1997 and 1998 entrance exams.