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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 rejects appeal for retrial of 1961 wine poisoning case

NAGOYA, Japan - A group of lawyers attend 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.

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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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Retrial for 1961 murder case rejected

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 1961 shows Masaru Okunishi (C), accused of poisoning 17 people, resulting in the deaths of five women, on March 28, 1961, at a local community meeting in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, during the first hearing on the case at the Tsu District Court in the prefecture. The Supreme Court said Oct. 17, 2013, it has turned down a petition by Okunishi, now an 87-year-old death-row inmate, for a retrial over the case.

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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - Supporters of 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, hold up messages protesting a decision by the Nagoya High Court to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi, in front of the court in Nagoya on May 25, 2012.

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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - Supporters of 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, are left in shock in front of the Nagoya High Court on May 25, 2012, after the court decided to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi.

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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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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - Supporters of 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, raise their fists in front of the Nagoya High Court on May 25, 2012, after the court decided to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi.

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High court rejects appeal over 1961 murders

NAGOYA, Japan - A lawyer 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, shows a banner bearing the message ''unjust decision'' to Okunishi's supporters. Standing in front of the Nagoya High Court, he was informing them of the court's decision on May 25, 2012, to reject an appeal for a retrial filed by Okunishi.

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Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka, president of Foods Forus Co., the operator of the Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu chain, bows in apology in front of the company's head office in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011, over the fatal food poisoning cases. The death toll in a string of food poisoning cases believed to be caused by consuming raw meat at the barbecue restaurant chain rose to four on the day.

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Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka (L, front), president of Foods Forus Co., prostrates himself in apology in front of the company's head office in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011, over fatal food poisoning cases at the company's Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu chain. The death toll from food poisoning believed to be caused by raw meat served at the ''yakiniku'' barbecue restaurant chain rose to four that day.

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Deadly food poisoning at 'yakiniku' chain

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka, president of Foods Forus Co., which operates the Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu barbecue restaurant chain, speaks during a press conference on May 2, 2011, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, following a string of food poisoning cases that arose among customers of the chain. The death toll from the cases reached three on May 4.

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Ex-Paloma head found guilty over death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Masato Joshima (L) and his wife, Yukiko Joshima, enter the Tokyo District Court on May 11, 2010. The court handed down suspended prison sentences to a former president and a former official of gas equipment maker Paloma Industries Ltd. over the carbon monoxide poisoning death in 2005 of the couple's 18-year-old son, who used a gas water heater made by the company.

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Retrial possibility revived for man on death row for murders

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in March 1961 shows relatives at the scene of a wine poisoning case in Mie Prefecture. The Supreme Court has revived the possibility of a retrial for an 84-year-old death row inmate convicted of killing five women and injuring 12 others, court officials said April 6, 2010.

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Woman on death row seeks retrial over 1998 curry poisoning

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Lawyers and supporters of Masumi Hayashi, whose death sentence was finalized in May for a 1998 curry poisoning that killed four people in Wakayama, arrive at the Wakayama District Court on July 22 to file an appeal for a retrial.

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Top court upholds death penalty over 1998 curry poisoning case

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on April 21 to obtain court gallery tickets for the trial of Masumi Hayashi, who was sentenced to death by lower courts for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama in 1998. The top court dismissed her not-guilty plea, bringing an end to a nearly decade-long trial process.

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Top court upholds death penalty over 1998 curry poisoning case

TOKYO, Japan - Five Supreme Court justices sit at the No. 3 petty bench at the court in Tokyo on April 21 to hand down a ruling on Masumi Hayashi, who was sentenced to death by lower courts for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama in 1998. The top court dismissed her not-guilty plea, bringing an end to a nearly decade-long trial process.

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Ex-Paloma chief indicted over poisoning death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Former Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (file photo), along with another former official of the water heater maker, was indicted without arrest Dec. 11 over the death from carbon monoxide poisoning of a user of one of the company's heaters and injury to the user's brother in 2005, prosecutors said.

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Family sues Paloma, others over death of son in CO poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - The parents (front) of Hiroyuki Joshima, who died of CO poisoning at age 18 in 2005 in his condominium in Tokyo, head to the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 26 to file a 200 million yen damages suit against Paloma Industries Ltd. and others over his death.

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Police send papers on ex-Paloma execs to prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - Police sent to prosecutors papers on former Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (file photo) and two other people over the death of a university student of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2005 and the injury of his brother.

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Paintings on show to mark 20th anniv. of Teigin inmate's death

TOKYO, Japan - A painting by Sadamichi Hirasawa, who was sentenced to death over a 1948 mass-poisoning case known as the ''Teigin Incident,'' on display at a Tokyo art gallery on May 16 to mark the 20th anniversary of his death in prison. The exhibition shows about 50 works by the award-winning painter, who died in May 1987 at age 95 after he was first sentenced to death in 1950.

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Paloma unveils 5 more deaths from water heater-caused CO poisoning

NAGOYA, Japan - Paloma Co. President Hiroaki Kobayashi (2nd from R) and his father and Chairman Toshihiro Kobayashi (far right) express their apology during a press conference at the company head office in Nagoya on July 18. The said that five more people died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by its water heaters in addition to the initially reported 15, bringing the death toll to 20.

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High court upholds death penalty in curry-poisoning case

OSAKA, Japan - People form long lines to get admission tickets in front of the Osaka High Court in Osaka on June 28 to hear the ruling on Masumi Hayashi, charged with killing four people, including two children, and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic during a community summer festival in 1998 in the city of Wakayama.

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Masaru Okunishi, on death row since '72, to get retrial

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya High Court decided April 5 to allow a retrial for Masaru Okunishi, who has been on death row since 1972 when he was convicted of murdering five women in a wine poisoning case in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in 1961, citing new evidence that could prove his innocence. Photo shows his lawyers entering a Nagoya prison to inform Okunishi of the court decision.

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(5)Hayashi sentenced to death for killing 4 with poisoned curry

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Mitsuo Hamai (R), president of a victims' group in a 1998 curry poisoning incident, attends a news conference in Wakayama on Dec. 11 after Masumi Hayashi was sentenced to death for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in the city of Wakayama in 1998.

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(3)Hayashi sentenced to death for killing 4 with poisoned curry

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tsutomu Kobayashi, chief lawyer for Masumi Hayashi, meets reporters in Wakayama on Dec. 11 after Hayashi was sentenced to death for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama, western Japan, in 1998. He said the defense lawyers filed an appeal.

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(2)Hayashi sentenced to death for killing 4 with poisoned curry

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A vehicle (L) believed to be carrying Masumi Hayashi leaves the Wakayama District Court on Dec. 11 after she was sentenced to death for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a pot of curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama in 1998.

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5-year-old dies from O-157 poisoning

NARA, Japan - Health center officials prepare for a stool test at a nursery in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, on August 1 in the wake of the death of a 5-year-old boy in this season's first outbreak of the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria.

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Masaru Okunishi, on death row since '72, to get retrial

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya High Court decided April 5 to allow a retrial for Masaru Okunishi, who has been on death row since 1972 when he was convicted of murdering five women in a wine poisoning case in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in 1961, citing new evidence that could prove his innocence. Photo shows his lawyers entering a Nagoya prison to inform Okunishi of the court decision. (Kyodo)

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Paloma unveils 5 more deaths from water heater-caused CO poisoni

NAGOYA, Japan - Paloma Co. President Hiroaki Kobayashi (2nd from R) and his father and Chairman Toshihiro Kobayashi (far right) express their apology during a press conference at the company head office in Nagoya on July 18. The said that five more people died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by its water heaters in addition to the initially reported 15, bringing the death toll to 20. (Kyodo)

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5-year-old dies from O-157 poisoning

NARA, Japan - Health center officials prepare for a stool test at a nursery in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, on August 1 in the wake of the death of a 5-year-old boy in this season's first outbreak of the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria.

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(3)Hayashi sentenced to death for killing 4 with poisoned curry

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tsutomu Kobayashi, chief lawyer for Masumi Hayashi, meets reporters in Wakayama on Dec. 11 after Hayashi was sentenced to death for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama, western Japan, in 1998. He said the defense lawyers filed an appeal.

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S. Korea mourns death of ex-President Kim Young Sam

South Korean citizens place flowers in front of a photo of the late former President Kim Young Sam on Nov. 23, 2015. Kim, who was in power from 1993 to 1998 as the country's first civilian leader after more than three decades of military rule, died on Nov. 22 of blood poisoning and acute heart failure at age 87. (Kyodo) ==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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Death row inmate seeking retrial over 1961 wine poisoning case dies

Members of the media gather in front of Hachioji Medical Prison in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Oct. 4, 2015, after a report that Masaru Okunishi, an 89-year-old death row inmate, who was seeking a retrial over wine poisoning murders in the western Japan city of Nabari in 1961, had died at the prison. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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89-yr death row inmate temporarily falls into critical condition

Photo taken 1961 shows Masaru Okunishi, an 89-year-old death row inmate who was found guilty of murdering five women in 1961 by poisoning their wine. It was reported on Aug. 27, 2015, that Okunishi, who is seeking a retrial arguing he is innocent, fell into a critical condition on Aug. 21, but has since been recovering. (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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"Confession" expected to prove innocence of Teigin suspect

Sumio Hamada (C), professor emeritus at Nara Women's University, addresses a meeting of those working to exonerate a late death row inmate involved in the "Teigin" mass-poisoning case in Tokyo on May 28, 2016. Hamada said the interrogation records of Sadamichi Hirasawa show he lacked awareness of the crime, proving his innocence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court upholds death penalty in curry-poisoning case

OSAKA, Japan - People form long lines to get admission tickets in front of the Osaka High Court in Osaka on June 28 to hear the ruling on Masumi Hayashi, charged with killing four people, including two children, and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic during a community summer festival in 1998 in the city of Wakayama. (Kyodo)

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Death penalty finalized for woman over 1998 curry poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - The death penalty given to Mayumi Hayashi (file photo) over a 1998 curry poisoning case in which four people died and 63 others fell ill was finalized as the Supreme Court dismissed a petition against its guilty ruling last month, judicial sources said on May 20. (Kyodo)

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Paintings on show to mark 20th anniv. of Teigin inmate's death

TOKYO, Japan - A painting by Sadamichi Hirasawa, who was sentenced to death over a 1948 mass-poisoning case known as the ''Teigin Incident,'' on display at a Tokyo art gallery on May 16 to mark the 20th anniversary of his death in prison. The exhibition shows about 50 works by the award-winning painter, who died in May 1987 at age 95 after he was first sentenced to death in 1950. (Kyodo)

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Retrial possibility revived for man on death row for murders

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken on June 16, 1961, shows Masaru Okunishi (C), a death row inmate convicted of killing five women and injuring 12 others in a wine poisoning case in Mie Prefecture, attending the first trial session at the Tsu District Court in the prefecture. The Supreme Court has revived the possibility of a retrial for Okunishi, court officials said April 6, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Retrial possibility revived for man on death row for murders

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in March 1961 shows relatives at the scene of a wine poisoning case in Mie Prefecture. The Supreme Court has revived the possibility of a retrial for an 84-year-old death row inmate convicted of killing five women and injuring 12 others, court officials said April 6, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Top court upholds death penalty over 1998 curry poisoning case

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on April 21 to obtain court gallery tickets for the trial of Masumi Hayashi, who was sentenced to death by lower courts for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama in 1998. The top court dismissed her not-guilty plea, bringing an end to a nearly decade-long trial process. (Kyodo)

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Top court upholds death penalty over 1998 curry poisoning case

TOKYO, Japan - Five Supreme Court justices sit at the No. 3 petty bench at the court in Tokyo on April 21 to hand down a ruling on Masumi Hayashi, who was sentenced to death by lower courts for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama in 1998. The top court dismissed her not-guilty plea, bringing an end to a nearly decade-long trial process. (Kyodo)

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Top court upholds death penalty over 1998 curry poisoning case

TOKYO, Japan - The Supreme Court on April 21 upheld lower court rulings which sentenced Masumi Hayashi (file photo taken in August, 1998) to death over a 1998 fatal curry poisoning case in Wakayama Prefecture. The lower courts convicted Hayashi, 47, of killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic during a community summer festival in the city of Wakayama. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Paloma chief indicted over poisoning death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Former Paloma Industries Ltd. President Toshihiro Kobayashi (file photo), along with another former official of the water heater maker, was indicted without arrest Dec. 11 over the death from carbon monoxide poisoning of a user of one of the company's heaters and injury to the user's brother in 2005, prosecutors said. (Kyodo)

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Family sues Paloma, others over death of son in CO poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - The parents (front) of Hiroyuki Joshima, who died of CO poisoning at age 18 in 2005 in his condominium in Tokyo, head to the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 26 to file a 200 million yen damages suit against Paloma Industries Ltd. and others over his death. (Kyodo)