Prosecutors in Nagoya say they have decided not to charge officials at an immigration center in the central Japan city for the second time over the 2021 death of a Sri Lankan detainee despite her family's repeated calls for them to be indicted.
The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in 2021 while detained at a Japan immigration center has urged prosecutors who had previously dropped the case to indict officials on charges of professional negligence resulting in death.
Japan's House of Representatives has passed a controversial bill that would amend an immigration law to enable authorities to deport individuals who repeatedly apply for refugee status.
A Japanese court orders the Tokyo metropolitan government to pay damages of around 1 million yen ($7,500) over the 2017 death of a Nepalese man who was forcibly restrained while under police investigation.
The Cabinet has approved proposed revisions to Japan's immigration law that include controversial measures to enable the deportation of individuals repeatedly applying for refugee status.