KANAZAWA—A man who served a seven-year prison sentence over the brutal murder of a schoolgirl was granted a retrial after a court raised doubts about key testimony that the defense says was fabricated ...

Shoshi Maekawa, second from right, talks about his joyous mood after the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court ordered the commencement of retrial proceedings over the 1986 killing of a junior high ...

KANAZAWA--A man who served seven years in prison over stabbing death of a teenage girl was acquitted on July 18 in a retrial that battered the credibility of witness testimony. The Kanazawa Branch of ...

Shoshi Maekawa, center, heads to the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court with his lawyers and others, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on July 18, 2025. (Mainichi/Masashi Mimura) Shoshi Maekawa, ...

A man who served a seven-year prison sentence for the murder of a schoolgirl in 1986 in Fukui city is set for the retrial he has been seeking for 20 years. The Nagoya High Public Prosecutors Office ...

KANAZAWA-A man who served seven years in prison after being found guilty of the 1986 murder of a junior high school student was acquitted on July 18 at the conclusion of a retrial. The Kanazawa branch ...