Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday that he will ask the Legislative Council to review the retrial system for criminal cases in which guilty verdicts ...

Japan's retrial system will be scrutinized by legal experts for possible revision, officials said Friday, following last year's acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner.

KASUGA, Fukuoka Prefecture--Prehistoric people in Japan apparently used an advanced system of weights and measurements on a decimal basis, excavations at a Yayoi Pottery Culture Period (1000 B.C ...