Overview

• Senior officials from Tokyo police, the top prosecutors’ department and the Tokyo prosecutors’ office apologized at Shizuo Aishima’s grave in Yokohama.
• Deputy Superintendent General Tetsuro Kamata delivered a televised apology for the illegal investigation and arrest, with Takashi Koike and Hiroshi Ichikawa joining the graveside tribute.
• Aishima’s wife said she accepted the apology but could not forgive, and his eldest son requested a new investigation while rejecting the agencies’ reviews and disciplinary steps.
• The apology followed internal reports released this month that found a dysfunctional chain of command and criticized prosecutors’ handling of repeated bail denials.
• In May, the Tokyo High Court ruled the arrests and indictments illegal and ordered 166 million yen in damages, intensifying calls to curb Japan’s so‑called “hostage justice” detention practices.