Foreigners in Japanese immigration detention end two-week hunger strike

FILE PHOTO: Detainees are seen through a hatch at the Tokyo detention center which is part of Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in Tokyo, Japan December 2, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Foreigners on a two-week hunger strike over conditions at immigration detention centres in Japan have ended their protest in the hope their decision would bring better treatment, but an official said on Thursday there would be no change in policies.

Activists and inmates say poor conditions in Japan's immigration detention centres have led to serious mental health problems and the death of inmates. Since 2006, 13 people have died, most recently in March.