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Matsuhashi Incident: Kumamoto Prefecture Does Not Appeal, Accepts Police's Decision That Action Was Illegal (Kyodo News)

In the "Matsubashi Incident," in which a man was murdered in Matsubashi Town, Kumamoto Prefecture (now Uki City) in 1985, the family of the late Hiroki Miyata, who was acquitted in a retrial, sued the national and prefectural governments for damages. The Fukuoka Prefectural Government ruled on the 27th of last month that both the police and the prosecution were guilty of illegal actions and ordered them to jointly pay approximately 23 million ye…
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In the "Matsubashi Incident," in which a man was murdered in Matsubashi Town, Kumamoto Prefecture (now Uki City) in 1985, the family of the late Hiroki Miyata, who was acquitted in a retrial, sued the national and prefectural governments for damages. The Fukuoka Prefectural Government ruled on the 27th of last month that both the police and the prosecution were guilty of illegal actions and ordered them to jointly pay approximately 23 million ye…

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news on Monday, August 10, 2026.
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