Japan death row inmate's sister still fighting, even after his release

"Courts are run by people and they obviously make mistakes," Hideko told AFP in an interview at a conference in Tokyo on the death penalty in East Asia where she was a keynote speaker. I cannot just be sad and slow down," she said at the weekend event that included campaigners from China -- the country that executes the most people, rights groups say -- North Korea and elsewhere. The weekend regional congress organized by France-based group Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) comes ahead of a global conference it is convening in Paris in 2026.