Iwao Hakamada, center, former Japanese death-row inmate acquitted after nearly 50 years on death row, and his sister Hideko, right, receive an apology from Shizuoka Prefectural Police chief Takayoshi Tsuda, not in photo, for his suffering at Hakamada's home in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)
Shizuoka Prefectural Police chief Takayoshi Tsuda, left, offers an apology to former Japanese death-row inmate Iwao Hakamada, center, and his sister Hideko, right, for his decades-long suffering, at Hakamada's home in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)