Nigerian man died on hunger strike at Japan detention center: agency english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 22 hours ago - 17:06 | All, JapanThe immigration agency revealed Tuesday that a Nigerian man died of starvation in June at one of its facilities in southwestern Japan after he went on hunger strike over his prolonged detention.
The first such death in Japan occurred at the immigration center in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 24, according to the Immigration Services Agency.
The man was convicted in various criminal cases including theft and was taken into the detention center after he was provisionally released from prison in November 2015.
Japan's immigration detention centers hold people who have overstayed their visas or who have been ordered to be deported, among others.
As of the end of last year, 1,246 people were being detained at immigration facilities, with 681 of them being detained for more than 6 months, according to the agency.