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Sep 26th 2025 By Moeka Iida On a hushed winter afternoon in Hamamatsu, a seaside city in central Japan, an octogenarian goes for a walk. His gait is peculiar, almost mechanical, and his body jolts with each small step. His stiff arms swing by his sides, not quite in sync with his legs. A padded green coat swallows his frame. Beneath a soft brown fedora is a plump, round face. Two women flank him as he enters a library. He pauses at a vending machine; something about it seems to speak a language only he can hear. Juice, soda, coffee, corn soup, tea: he presses many buttons in quick…

How one man got off death row in a country with a 99% conviction rate | The Economist

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