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  "id": 446058,
  "title": "In April this year, a post on social media claimed that \"one in four prisoners in Japan is a foreigner\" and that \"the number of foreign prisoners has increased by 70% in the past five years\".\nThe post was accompanied by a photo of a group of people in prison uniforms and handcuffs.\nIt was later discovered that the photo was actually of a prison in the Philippines.\nHowever, the post had already been shared many times, and some people were criticizing the government for being soft on crime, saying that foreigners were causing crime in Japan.\nThe Ministry of Justice has now revealed that the actual number of prisoners in Japan as of the end of March this year was 6,965, of which 772, or around 11%, were foreigners.\nThe Ministry says that it is investigating how the incorrect information was spread.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/4-1",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Asahi Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-asahi-shimbun",
    "url": "http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASV894DJRV89UTIL01DM.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "ja",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}