The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court on Oct. 23 granted the retrial to Shoji Maekawa, 59, who was convicted of murdering a 15-year-old girl in 1986 in Fukui city. In its ruling ...

Jiro Kumakura "There are many thoughts about why we like yaeba," says Yasutaka Maekawa, author of the book Yaeba Girl. "Some say it originated from Japanese traditional aesthetic sense of wabi ...

This photo taken on Oct. 23, 2024, shows the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) KANAZAWA (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court decided Wednesday to order a ...

The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court handed down the ruling on Wednesday in response to a request made in 2022 by Maekawa Shoshi, who is 59 years old. Maekawa was charged with killing the ...