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Iwao Hakamada Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Government over Prosecutor General's Statement Abandoning Appeal (Kyodo News)

Iwao Hakamada (89), who was found not guilty in a retrial for the murder of a family of four in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1966, filed a lawsuit in the Shizuoka District Court on the 11th, seeking a total of 5.5 million yen in damages from the government, claiming that his reputation was damaged by a statement made by Prosecutor General Naomi Unemoto when she announced in October last year that she would not appeal.
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Iwao Hakamada (89), who was found not guilty in a retrial for the murder of a family of four in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1966, filed a lawsuit in the Shizuoka District Court on the 11th, seeking a total of 5.5 million yen in damages from the government, claiming that his reputation was damaged by a statement made by Prosecutor General Naomi Unemoto when she announced in October last year that she would not appeal.

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news in on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
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