Nigerian man died on hunger strike at Japan detention center: agency

The 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 agency concluded in a report that the man, who was in his 40s, had refused food or medical treatment and that the facility could not forcibly treat him, saying its response to the situation was "not inappropriate."The man was convicted in various…READ FULL ARTICLE