LONDON, Jan 11 (News On Japan) –
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has introduced new laws to overturn the convictions of postmasters wrongfully accused of embezzlement following the invention of flaws in an accounting system supplied to publish workplaces by a Fujitsu subsidiary.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said, “This is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history. People who worked hard to serve their communities had their lives and their reputations destroyed through absolutely no fault of their own. The victims must get justice and compensation.”
Prime Minister Sunak revealed on Wednesday that he would “introduce new legislation to prove the innocence of the victims and promptly compensate them.”
In the UK, from 1999 to 2015, over 700 postmasters had been convicted of embezzlement and accounting fraud. However, it was later found that the discrepancies between money on the counters and the figures within the defective Horizon accounting software program, supplied by Fujitsu’s native subsidiary, had been attributable to flaws within the accounting system, main to those wrongful convictions.
According to the BBC, to this point, solely 93 folks have had their convictions overturned, and a public inquiry into the case has been ongoing since 2021.
The case has gained fast consideration, significantly after a drama collection on the incident was aired on British TV earlier this 12 months.
The Business and Trade Committee of the UK House of Commons has requested testimonies from Fujitsu representatives in a committee assembly on January 16.
Meanwhile, Fujitsu’s native subsidiary has commented that it’s going to “fully cooperate with the investigation.”
NHK – Jan 11
Rescue efforts proceed within the Noto Peninsula, central Japan, the place a lethal earthquake struck on New Year’s Day. Life in evacuation facilities is changing into harder for 1000’s of residents displaced from their properties.
News On Japan – Jan 11
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has introduced new laws to overturn the convictions of postmasters wrongfully accused of embezzlement following the invention of flaws in an accounting system supplied to publish workplaces by a Fujitsu subsidiary.
News On Japan – Jan 11
Kick Streamer ‘Johnny Somali’ has been slapped with a 200,000 yen nice for obstructing enterprise by broadcast loud music from his cellphone in a gyudon restaurant in Osaka.
News On Japan – Jan 10
An plane arriving at Fukuoka Airport from Bangkok on Wednesday morning mistook directions from air site visitors management, leaving it caught on the taxiway.
News On Japan – Jan 10
JR East is ready to launch a weekday-only limitless Shinkansen go for 10,000 yen beginning this Sunday.
News On Japan – Jan 10
A whale shark that captured the hearts of tourists to Notojima Aquarium has died in captivity following the devastating Ishikawa earthquake.
News On Japan – Jan 10
Acclaimed Japanese enka singer Aki Yashiro, identified for hits like “Funauta,” has handed away on the age of 73.
News On Japan – Jan 09
A hearth that broke out Monday afternoon in ‘Mejiro Palace,’ the residence of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, has fully destroyed the Tokyo property, a logo of Showa-era’s political historical past.
NHK – Jan 09
The variety of folks killed within the New Year’s Day earthquake in central Japan has risen to 180. Officials in Ishikawa Prefecture say greater than 120 persons are nonetheless unaccounted for, and tens of 1000’s impacted by the catastrophe are nonetheless struggling.
News On Japan – Jan 07
Kami Town in western Japan held its first ‘snow begging’ ritual in 23 years as lack of snowfall has compelled ski resorts to stay closed.
News On Japan – Jan 06
A 39-year-old man was arrested Saturday afternoon for tried homicide after allegedly pushing a lady in her 60s onto the tracks at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, inflicting her to be hit by a practice.
NHK – Jan 06
Japanese authorities say the dying toll has risen to 126 from Monday’s large earthquake in central Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture, and greater than 200 persons are nonetheless unaccounted for.
News On Japan – Jan 05
Following Monday’s earthquake, an ‘Emergency Operations Airspace’ has been established throughout your complete Noto Peninsula space. TBS has obtained particular permission to fly and movie inside this emergency airspace, capturing the extent of the harm.
News On Japan – Jan 05
Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has made important bulletins relating to the upcoming University Entrance Examination, affirming its dedication to accommodate college students affected by the latest Noto Peninsula earthquake.
News On Japan – Jan 05
JR Kyushu has determined to discontinue displaying the identify tags of practice drivers and conductors, which had been beforehand posted contained in the trains on typical strains.
News On Japan – Jan 04
Footage of the collision and subsequent fireplace involving a Japan Airlines airplane and a Japan Coast Guard plane at Haneda Airport has revealed the extraordinary circumstances contained in the JAL airplane.