1. Japanese prosecutors have informed the families of victims in a 1966 multiple murder cases that they will not appeal a not-guilty ruling handed down in a retrial of Hakamada Iwao, who had been sentenced to death for the crime. The Shizuoka District Court handed down the not-guilty ruling last month. Now 88 years old, Hakamada was convicted of killing a family of four 58 years ago. Hakamada is now expected to be exonerated nearly 60 years after the crime took place.
2. Japan has posted a record current account surplus for the month of August. The country extended its surplus streak to 19 months in a row, as the weak yen boosted financial gains abroad. The Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday that the current account surplus topped 3.8 trillion yen, or over 25 billion dollars. That’s an increase of more than 10 billion dollars from the same month last year. It’s the highest figure for August since comparable data became available in 1985.
3. Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko has undergone surgery for a broken thigh bone. The Imperial Household Agency says the operation was completed successfully at the University of Tokyo Hospital on Tuesday. She was examined and diagnosed the previous day with a fracture on the upper part of her right femur.
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