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2 weeks ago | cnnbrasil.com.br | Yumi Asada |Jessie Yeung

Pense na famosa gangue Yakuza do Japão e você pode imaginar homens cheios de tatuagens se envolvendo em brigas sangrentas – típicas de filmes de ação e videogames. Mas, na semana passada, quatro homens foram presos em Tóquio por um crime mais mundano: operar um escritório da organização criminosa muito perto de uma biblioteca. Os suspeitos, com idades entre 55 e 77 anos, “conspiraram” para operar um escritório do crime de junho de 2024 a fevereiro de 2025.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jessie Yeung |Yumi Asada

Think of Japan’s famed yakuza gangs and you might think of heavily tattooed men getting into bloody fights – the stuff of action films and video games. But last week four men were arrested in Tokyo for a more mundane crime - operating a yakuza office too close to a library. The suspects, ages 55 to 77, “conspired” to operate an office from June 2024 to February 2025, “despite the fact that the area was within a 200 meter radius around a library,” said police in a statement.

2 months ago | news.lee.net | Chris Lau |Yumi Asada

Tokyo (CNN) — A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, a court said on Tuesday – roughly $85 for each day he was wrongfully convicted. Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada, 89, was sentenced to death in 1968 for a quadruple murder despite repeatedly alleging that the police had fabricated evidence against him.

2 months ago | cnnespanol.cnn.com | Chris Lau |Yumi Asada

Iwao Hakamata, de 89 años, pasó 46 años en el corredor de la muerte después de ser condenado en 1968 por un cuádruple asesinato, pero luego fue absuelto. Stringer/AFP/JIJI Press/Getty Images CNN  —  Un japonés que pasó más de 40 años en el corredor de la muerte hasta su absolución el año pasado recibió una indemnización de US$ 1,4 millones, según declaró un tribunal este martes. El dinero es el equivalente a aproximadamente US$ 85 por cada día que fue condenado injustamente.

2 months ago | cnn.com | Chris Lau |Yumi Asada

Iwao Hakamada, 89, spent 46 years on death row after being convicted in 1968 of a quadruple murder, but was later acquitted Stringer/AFP/JIJI Press/Getty Images Tokyo CNN  —  A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, a court said on Tuesday – roughly $85 for each day he was wrongfully convicted.