OSAKA A rare audio recording of an exchange between a death row inmate, his sister and prison staff two days before the man was hanged will be presented as evidence in a lawsuit filed by two condemned prisoners contesting the constitutionality of informing convicts of their executions just hours before they take place.
Japan has welcomed more than 1,800 evacuees since Russia s war against Ukraine began over six months ago, in an uncharacteristic move for a country with a typically poor record accepting people seeking asylum.
Debate has turned to Japan's treatment of refugees, in part because the Ukrainians are defined as evacuees rather refugees in accordance with the United Nation's Refugee Convention.