HOSHINO FUMIAKI
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Noted political prisoner Fumiaki Hoshino passed away on May 31, 2019. He had been incarcerated since 1975. He was talented artist, whom with his wife Akiko, published calendars with his artwork and her poetry.
Originally sentenced to 20 years for the death of a riot policeman in 1971, the Tokyo High Court stiffened his sentence to life imprisonment. Most sentences of life imprisonment in Japan are about 25 years. The defendant must write an apology in order to be released. Hoshino strongly denies the crime, and so the government will not approve parole. Hoshino is believed to be an ex-member of a Marxist group and the case is entirely political.
NOTE: Hoshino's wife has filed a state redress suit alleging that negligent medical care was the cause of death.
See JIADEP advisor David McNeill's article:
Wife's Lonely Vigil for Imprisoned Husband
Originally sentenced to 20 years for the death of a riot policeman in 1971, the Tokyo High Court stiffened his sentence to life imprisonment. Most sentences of life imprisonment in Japan are about 25 years. The defendant must write an apology in order to be released. Hoshino strongly denies the crime, and so the government will not approve parole. Hoshino is believed to be an ex-member of a Marxist group and the case is entirely political.
NOTE: Hoshino's wife has filed a state redress suit alleging that negligent medical care was the cause of death.
See JIADEP advisor David McNeill's article:
Wife's Lonely Vigil for Imprisoned Husband
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Left-wing activist Fumiaki Hoshino dead at 73
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on June 1, 2019
TOKYO (TR) – Left-wing activist Fumiaki Hoshino died on Thursday at the age of 73 while serving a prison term for a crime he claimed he did not commit.
The cause of death of Hoshino was not revealed. However, he did undergo a surgical procedure earlier in May for a liver-related problem, persons familiar with the matter said, reports Jiji Press (May 31).
On November 14, 1971, Hoshino was a member of left-wing group Chukaku-ha, which organized a protest in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward that opposed the occupation of Okinawa by the United States.
The protest turned violent, with students swinging metal pipes and throwing Molotov cocktails at riot police officers. During the confrontation, officer Tsuneo Nakamura was fatally beaten and set on fire.
Police arrested six of the activists the following year. Hoshino was arrested in 1975. Two years ago, police arrested an eighth member, Masaaki Osaka.
During several trials, Hoshino, who was the leader of the protest, claimed he was innocent. However, confessions of other activists were used to convict him of murder. In 1987, the Supreme Court handed Hoshino a life term.
2019年6月3日 / 21:00 / 3日前
星野元受刑者遺族、国賠提訴へ
星野元受刑者遺族、国賠提訴へ
１９７１年に東京・渋谷の沖縄返還協定反対闘争で警察官を殺害したとして、殺人罪などで無期懲役が確定して服役中、５月３０日に病死した星野文昭元受刑者（７３）の遺族や支援者が３日、東京都内で記者会見し、死亡したのは刑務所側が必要な処置を怠って治療が遅れたためだとして、早ければ今夏にも東京地裁に国賠訴訟を起こす方針を公表した。
星野元受刑者は無罪を主張、再審を請求しており、妻の暁子さん（６４）が継承する予定という。法務省は星野元受刑者の死亡を公表していない。