The death certificates were found during a search of Michinoku Kinen Hospital in April 2023 over suspicions that former hospital director Takashi Ishiyama, 61, and his physician brother ...

Police arrested Takashi Ishiyama, 61, the former head of the Michinoku Kinen Hospital, and his brother Tetsu Ishiyama, 60, both from Hachinohe, on Friday and raided the hospital and other ...

The two arrested doctors are brothers. The older brother, Mr Takashi Ishiyama, 61, was the director of the hospital at the time and the younger brother, Mr Tetsu Ishiyama, 60, was the primary ...