Source: CBS News
“Japan’s top law enforcement officials apologized to the family of a businessman who was wrongfully arrested and died after a months-long detention. Shizuo Aishima, a former adviser to machinery firm Ohkawara Kakohki, was one of three company executives illegally held in pretrial detention for months on charges that were later dropped. Human rights campaigners have long demanded an end to Japan’s ‘hostage justice’ practice, where investigators use lengthy pretrial detentions to coerce confessions. Senior officials from the Tokyo police, the top public prosecutor’s department and the Tokyo prosecutor’s office visited Aishima’s family and grave on Monday. The officials knelt and prayed in front of the grave, the Japan Times reported.” (08/25/25)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-police-apologize-grave-innocent-businessman-long-detention/